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Ndebele portrays four women whose lives have been spent waiting for their men to return, like Odysseus' Penelope. They question themselves and each other about why they waited and what this waiting did to them. This leads them to imaginary conversations with Winnie Mandela, the most famous South African woman who waited.

In this ground-breaking work, Ndebele uses fiction to present a moving exploration of the experiences of black South African women. He blurs the borders between fiction and fact, between the novel, the biography and the essay. In the process he shows us aspects of South Africa and ourselves that we have never looked at before. It is a remarkable achievement by one of South Africa's most talented writers.

Softcover, 123 pages, 210x135mm
Author: Njabulo S. Ndebele

ISBN-10: 086486504X
ISBN-13: 9780864865045