Living, Loving and Lying Awake at Night

by Sindiwe Magona

Book Overview

Sindiwe Magona's superb collection of short stories brings a full range of South African women's experience brilliantly to light From the village mother leaving her children to work; the maid in service to the white medem; the black child raped and murdered, Living, Loving and Lying Awake at Night is at once tragic, triumphant, humorous, and sharp, but above all forcefully empowering.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566564522
• ISBN13: 9781566564526
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Interlink Books
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

From A Woman's p.ov during South African Apartheid

This book provides different accounts on the difficulty of being a woman during Apartheid. Many of the stories are of African women who served as servants (very low paying and often demeaning work) to the white families living in a South African society under Apartheid. A few chapters describe the difficulty of being a white woman as well, being treated as second class citizens from their husbands and men. Racial predjudice is the underlying theme and the struggle just to survive day to day life is described in great detail. Children are also represented in this book, the African children's lives were often no better then their parents. This book is easy to read and is a great way to learn more about society during Apartheid.