Damon Galgut's first collection of stories transports us to 1980s South Africa where politics begins at home. The family - that small circle of beings where love should flourish - can be an arid and alienating territory where hatred and violence may ignite. The title novella is set in a house far out of town, at the end of a dust road that rises up into the mountains. The desperate bondage of family life is revealed to a mother as she sits at her son's bedside where he lies sick, perhaps dying. Galgut's understated prose ...
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Damon Galgut's first collection of stories transports us to 1980s South Africa where politics begins at home. The family - that small circle of beings where love should flourish - can be an arid and alienating territory where hatred and violence may ignite. The title novella is set in a house far out of town, at the end of a dust road that rises up into the mountains. The desperate bondage of family life is revealed to a mother as she sits at her son's bedside where he lies sick, perhaps dying. Galgut's understated prose unpicks the emotional paradoxes of family life with a surprising, surreal twist. In a world where some of the most intimate relationships are those between strangers, Small Circle of Beings describes how children must learn to pull away from their parents if they are to find their own way.
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Add this copy of Small Circle of Beings (Abacus Books) to cart. $18.87, very good condition, Sold by Greener Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from London, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1990 by Abacus.
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Add this copy of Small Circle of Beings: and Other Stories to cart. $47.00, very good condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 2005 by Penguin Books (Pty) Ltd.
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Very Good. Revised edition, 2005. Publication of 196 pages. The wraps are a little shelf rubbed. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK.
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Add this copy of Small Circle of Beings to cart. $94.00, very good condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 1988 by Lowry Publishers CC.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 0x0x0; Publication of 221 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed. The boards are touch edge worn, remain in good condition. There are marks on the block of the book. Internally the pages are clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. R* 2024/12/29 GK.
Add this copy of Small Circle of Beings to cart. $94.00, good condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 1988 by Lowry Publishers.
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Good in Good jacket. Size: 0x0x0; jacket is shelf rubbed, light edge wear on boards. ownership plate. mild tanning and marks. well bound. good copy. [S. K](if16)
