Title: Kafka's curse
First published: 1997
Description: Kafka's Curse is a modern reinterpretation of the Arabic legend of the gardener who loves a princess and, for his transgression, is transformed into a tree. Reset in South Africa as apartheid was coming undone, this is the story of the Khan family, who are both "colored" and Muslim. When Oscar Khan, a budding architectect, dares to pursue a woman ouside his race and to change his religious identity, he commits a sin and must be punished.

His unforgiving brother, a post-apartheid politician, tries to come to terms with Oscar's apostasy but will himself betray both his principles and his family when he falls in love with Amina, a beautiful and spirited psychotherapist.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Passing (Identity), Jews, East Indians, Married people, Husband and wife, Ethnic relations, Fiction, Muslims, Brothers, South africa, fiction, Fiction, political, Married people, fiction
Places: South Africa