A hijacking in deeper Johannesburg goes horribly wrong.Zoe du Plessis, a paleontologist of Afrikaner origin, is suddenly confronted with her familys secret, seemingly wrapped inan old Xhosas spell. As she heads for the Kalahari Desert in search of earlyhuman fossils, Zoe embarks on an inner journey into the unredeemable sense of guilt haunting her white tribe. She reluctantly seeks salvation in the love of a man scarred by South Africas darker past. show more
A hijacking in deeper Johannesburg goes horribly wrong.?Zoe du Plessis, a paleontologist of Afrikaner origin, is suddenly confronted with her family's secret, seemingly wrapped in?an old Xhosa's spell. As she heads for the Kalahari Desert in search of early?human fossils, Zoe embarks on an inner journey into the unredeemable sense of guilt haunting her white tribe. She reluctantly seeks salvation in the love of a man scarred by South Africa's darker past.? show more
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"A clever, fresh and widely resonating novel whose international, globalizing streak rescues us from stale and overly provincial atmospheres." -- Dr. Carlo Testa, The University of British Columbia show more
About Arianna Dagnino
In her career as an international reporter, literary translator and academic researcher, Arianna Dagnino has lived in many countries, including a five-year stint in South Africa. The author of several books on the impact of global mobility, science and new technologies, she holds a PhD from the University of South Australia and currently teaches at the University of British Columbia. show more
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