Thirteen Cents by Duiker, K. Sello

Thirteen Cents (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780821420362)

Vendor: K. Sello Duiker
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
$19.95
$19.95
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Thirteen Cents by Duiker, K. Sello

Thirteen Cents

$19.95
Thirteen Cents by Duiker, K. Sello

Thirteen Cents

$19.95
Format: Paperback
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Every city has an unspoken side. Cape Town, between the picture postcard mountain and sea, has its own shadow: a place of dislocation and uncertainty, dependence and desperation, destruction and survival, gangsters, pimps, pedophiles, hunger, hope, and moments of happiness. Living in this shadow is Azure, a thirteen-year-old who makes his living on the streets, a black teenager sought out by white men, beholden to gang leaders but determined to create some measure of independence in this dangerous world. Thirteen Cents is an extraordinary and unsparing account of a coming of age in Cape Town. Reminiscent of some of the greatest child narrators in literature, Azure's voice will stay with the reader long after this short novel is finished. Based on personal experiences, Thirteen Cents is Duiker's debut novel, originally published in 2000. This first edition to be published outside South Africa includes an introduction by Shaun Viljoen and a special glossary of South African words and phrases from the text translated into English.

Author: K. Sello Duiker
ISBN-10: 0821420364
ISBN-13: 9780821420362
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/15/2013
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.09w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/13/2013
By K. Sello Duiker
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K. Sello Duiker was born and raised in Soweto, South Africa, and went on to study journalism at Rhodes University before moving to Cape Town. His varied experiences while living there form the basis of Thirteen Cents. He also wrote two other novels, The Quiet Violence of Dreams (2001) and The Hidden Star (published posthumously in 2006). Duiker was widely considered one of South Africa's most promising young novelists before his untimely death in 2005 at the age of thirty.

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