A startling novel by the leading writer of the new South AfricaIn The Heart of Redness -- shortlisted for the prestigious Commonwealth Writers Prize -- Zakes Mda sets a story of South African village life against a notorious episode from...

Hermanus an der südafrikanischen Küste ist die Welthauptstadt der Wale. Jedes Jahr strömen Scharen von Touristen in die kleine Stadt, um die Glattwale zu beobachten, die die Wintermonate in der warmen Bucht verbringen.Der Walrufer will...

"A generous, patient, wry and intelligent voice...[that] suggests not just a writer who can seduce us through beautiful language and unfailing humor. We also encounter a writer who has the power to shock and frighten us, to astound and...