Between two worlds
By: Miriam Tlali.
Publisher: Broadview Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Peterborough, Ont; Orchard Park, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Subjects: Apartheid -- Fiction.; Women, Black -- Fiction.; Women clerks -- Fiction.; South Africa -- Fiction.; Soweto (South Africa) -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Between Two Worlds is an important illustration of apartheid in 1960s South Africa. By telling the story of Muriel, a bookkeeper at an electronics and furniture store in Johannesburg, Tlali comments on the injustice of the Pass Laws, the Land Act, and other discriminatory legislation. The novel also traces the ethical dilemmas of someone employed in a system she loathes.... Tlali elegantly weaves stories around the day to day life of Muriel showing her humour and her humanity in the face of dehumanizing circumstances." "Anyone interested in gender issues, postcolonial theory, or questions of power will welcome this excellent new edition. Between Two Worlds is one of the most powerful, haunting and ultimately liberating accounts written of apartheid South Africa."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Previously published as: Muriel at Metropolitan. With new introd. by author.