| Vendor | |
|---|---|
|
Liepman Literary Agency
Marc Koralnik |
| Original language | |
| English | |
| Categories | |
OKAY, OKAY, OKAY
Witty, intelligent, sparkling novel from South Africa's Jane Austen' one for fans of Jane Gardam too
Vida, a sound operator for big internationally-touring musicals, has no time for the pretentious world of academia; but when a strike by the University of Adamastor's technical staff coincides with a worrying lull in her employment, Vida agrees to stage-manage a university event. There she meets the university's Head of Effective Communication, Simon Landor a man she finds is the victim of his own miscommunication.
At work he is caught up in a massive student protest following a suicide. At home his daughter, Cecily, is reading her late mother's journals and uncovering the way in which Miriam Landor had lived in Simon's shadow before dying of an undetected heart condition. Vida, who has a habit of rescuing strays, whether pets or people, steps in.
A host of other vitally engaging characters populate this novel, which explores the fault lines of a contemporary university, and wider culture, as well as the importance of communication and connection in a complex world.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Finuala Dowling is a prize-winning poet and novelist. Her first novel was WHAT POETS NEED, followed by FLYLEAF. HOME-MAKING FOR THE DOWN-AT-HEART won the M-Net Prize 2012 and was shortlisted for the University of Johannesburg Prize in the same year. Her novel THE FETCH won the 2016 Herman Charles Bosman prize for English fiction.
At work he is caught up in a massive student protest following a suicide. At home his daughter, Cecily, is reading her late mother's journals and uncovering the way in which Miriam Landor had lived in Simon's shadow before dying of an undetected heart condition. Vida, who has a habit of rescuing strays, whether pets or people, steps in.
A host of other vitally engaging characters populate this novel, which explores the fault lines of a contemporary university, and wider culture, as well as the importance of communication and connection in a complex world.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Finuala Dowling is a prize-winning poet and novelist. Her first novel was WHAT POETS NEED, followed by FLYLEAF. HOME-MAKING FOR THE DOWN-AT-HEART won the M-Net Prize 2012 and was shortlisted for the University of Johannesburg Prize in the same year. Her novel THE FETCH won the 2016 Herman Charles Bosman prize for English fiction.
| Available products |
|---|
|
Book
Published 2019-10-01 by Kwela |