Lying Perfectly Still

Lying Perfectly Still

Laura Fish

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Editorial:
Fly on the Wall Press
Año de edición:
2024
Materia
Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9781915789228
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Leaving Oxford and the shocking death of her father behind, Koliwe travels to AIDS-ravaged Eswatini to take a job as an aid worker. The Southern Africa she encounters is a far cry from her father’s stories. As she becomes enmeshed with Thandi, a local girl hiding a disturbing past, Koliwe feels increasingly split between her English identity and her rediscovered African roots. When Thandi goes missing, Koliwe ’s search for truth leads her deep into the mountains, where the harsh realities of wealth, poverty, tradition and modernity, clash. Harrowing yet richly evocative, *Lying Perfectly Still*, written from an insider ’s perspective, offers a searing exposé of the exploitation that has plagued the international development sector.’So many jewels in this book, miniature specifics...Every page rings with authenticity.’ - Monique Roffey, Costa Award Winner’Fish is a talented and skilful writer who deserves serious attention and a wide readership.’ - Sharon Duggal, Royal Literary Fund FellowReviews of Previous Work;’A gifted writer and her manipulation of language is her forte - brilliant, sensuous and shocking.’ - The Sunday Times ’A provocative contribution to revisionist (and feminist) post-colonial fiction.’ -Times Literary Supplement’This excellent book is worthy of comparison with Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea, which it echoes, and deserves to reach a large and appreciative audience.’ -The Guardian ’An accomplished storyteller whose beautiful prose delivers you right into the heart of the plantation’. -Time Out’Once Strange Music grips you, you won’t be able to put it down.’ -The Independent

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