{"product_id":"this-masquerade-farouk-asvat-9781092771047","title":"This Masquerade","description":"\u003cb\u003e● \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHIS MASQUERADE by FAROUK ASVAT \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003econtents: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Barrier\u003cbr\u003eForgiveness\u003cbr\u003ePiet \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBahia\u003cbr\u003eKaaperi\u003cbr\u003eThis Masquerade \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSunday Morning Haircut\u003cbr\u003eFrom A Corner\u003cbr\u003eA Life Come True  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in Johannesburg and Cape Town in the heydays of #apartheid, \u003cbr\u003ethese stories act as a compendium to Farouk Asvat's novels and poems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese short stories are in addition to the stories in: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e● The Gathering Of The Storm\u003c\/b\u003e \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e● \u003cb\u003eThe Paanies Are Coming \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e● A CELEBRATION OF FLAMES by FAROUK ASVAT \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e♦ WINNER OF THE VITA AWARD \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" ''\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Celebration Of Flames\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'' is a powerful, impassioned call. The sanity and courage of this collection arises from the poet's unique experiential perceptions of his milieu, making him one of the few who can write about these traumatic times with such lucidity and lyricism. The strength of Farouk Asvat's poetry lies in the way he intertwines the complex elements of social and political conflicts with intense personal relationships. The wide tonal range extends from sensual and delicate insights into the nature of passion to the satiric and humorous use of slang.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e● VITA AWARD citation \u003c\/b\u003eby \u003cb\u003e● Lionel Abrahams, \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eeditor, \u003ci\u003e Purple Renoster \u0026amp; Sesame\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Like hesitating snowflakes his words are fascinating in their capricious wilfulness\u003cbr\u003e- like unexpected strokes of a whip.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e● \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusanne Baackmann, \u003ci\u003eUniversity Of Albuquerque, \u003c\/i\u003e USA \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The legend of poet extraordinaire Farouk Asvat: - like vintage wine, proper poetry matures with time, and like vintage art the voice and wisdom of a poet worth the name is timeless.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e● \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMphutlane wa Bofelo\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ekagablog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"His love poetry soars with an intense sensitivity, it celebrates lyrically the joys of a most exquisite sensuousness.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e● Marcia Leveson, University of the Witwatersrand, \u003ci\u003eThe Indicator \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Farouk Asvat writes about love and suffering, about individualism, snobbishness, pretence and pride, about human and environmental beauty and about opposing oppression, and who deploys metaphysical, lyrical and colloquial language, slang and standard diction, all with equal strength and ease.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e● Cosmo Pieterse, \u003ci\u003eCulture In Another South Africa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"you almost catch your breath at some of the stanzas - you can re-read it several times and be struck by new ideas, metaphors, elegiac surprises, and the heartfelt poignancy\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e● \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAggrey Klaaste, editor \u003ci\u003eSowetan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Farouk Asvat's award-winning collection of poems crackles with a passionate consuming pace\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e● \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eZ B Molefe, arts editor \u003ci\u003eCity Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Out of an angry silence, a polished poet is born.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e● Anton Harber, editor \u003ci\u003eWeekly Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e● \u003c\/b\u003eFarouk Asvat is a novelist, poet, translator \u0026amp; medical doctor, banned by the South African #apartheid regime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  Farouk Asvat was\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e● \u003c\/b\u003enominated an Amnesty International \"Prisoner of Conscience\"; \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e● \u003c\/b\u003eawarded the Fulbright Scholarship to the University of California at Berkeley; \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e● \u003c\/b\u003ethe EOC Scholarship to the Vrije Universiteit in the Netherlands; \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e● \u003c\/b\u003ethe University of Cape Town Health Care Trust Scholarship; \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e● \u003c\/b\u003eand the Kwanzaa Honors Certificate by the Africa Network. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e● \u003c\/b\u003eHe qualified as a medical doctor at the University of the Witwatersrand, and worked at various community clinics and hospitals. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e● \u003c\/b\u003eHis poems, short stories and essays have been published in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Turkeye, Switzerland, Netherlands, France, Germany, England, Korea and South Africa. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e●\u003c\/b\u003e His poems have been translated into French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Turkish and Greek. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Farouk Asvat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1092771042\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781092771047\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.30d","brand":"Farouk Asvat","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49162068656383,"sku":"9781092771047","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-masquerade-farouk-asvat-9781092771047","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}