From "South Africa's most brilliant novelist" ("Seattle Times") comes a powerful and moving story of childhood and one writer's beginnings. "Boyhood's" young narrator grew up in a country town in South Africa, troubled by guilt and fears. His first encounters with literature, the awakenings of sexual desire, and a growing awareness of Apartheid left him with baffling questions; and only in his love of the "veld" could he find a sense of belonging.
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From "South Africa's most brilliant novelist" ("Seattle Times") comes a powerful and moving story of childhood and one writer's beginnings. "Boyhood's" young narrator grew up in a country town in South Africa, troubled by guilt and fears. His first encounters with literature, the awakenings of sexual desire, and a growing awareness of Apartheid left him with baffling questions; and only in his love of the "veld" could he find a sense of belonging.
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Add this copy of Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life to cart. $26.71, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 1998 by Penguin Adult Hc/Tr.
