La Guma, Alex

A walk in the night : and other stories by Alex La Guma( Book )

93 editions published between 1886 and 2007 in 6 languages and held by 1,278 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Alex Le Guma's 1962 novella, first published in Nigeria after being smuggled out of South Africa - follows the events of one single night in Cape Town's District Six. At the centre of this narrative is La Guma's hero, Michael Adonis. Nursing his anger at being sacked by his white boss from his job as a sheet-metal worker, Adonis wanders through the night like a dispossessed ghost. The victim of apartheid's racist laws, he is too self-absorbed in his impotent anger to articulate his frustration, and too narrowly focused on his own troubles to realise that his lot is shared by all those the state labels "non-whites". A Walk in the Night is not only the story of Adonis, but of his friends and their antagonists. It is also the story of 'District Six', which is as much a character as the human protagonists."--BOOK JACKET

In the fog of the season's end by Alex La Guma( Book )

66 editions published between 1972 and 2012 in 8 languages and held by 903 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A novel of great sensitivity about people in Cape Town organizing underground opposition to apartheid

Time of the butcherbird by Alex La Guma( Book )

37 editions published between 1979 and 2007 in 5 languages and held by 660 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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The stone country by Alex La Guma( Book )

39 editions published between 1967 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 608 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Een zuidafrikaanse activist beschrijft zijn verblijf in het land van steen, de gevangenis onder de berg in Kaapstad

Apartheid : a collection of writings on South African racism by South Africans by Alex La Guma( Book )

31 editions published between 1971 and 1985 in English and held by 572 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

And a threefold cord by Alex La Guma( Book )

29 editions published between 1964 and 1992 in 7 languages and held by 267 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

I nogle usle blikskure i udkanten af Cape Town kæmper en flok mennesker for at overleve i en verden af mudder og dyb elendighed

Quartet : new voices from South Africa by Richard Rive( Book )

13 editions published between 1963 and 1982 in English and Undetermined and held by 62 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Jimmy La Guma : a biography by Alex La Guma( Book )

3 editions published between 1964 and 1997 in English and held by 56 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Deep cuts : graphic adaptations of stories by Can Themba( Book )

1 edition published in 1993 in English and held by 49 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Alex la Guma : a colossus revisited : featuring 3 stories : A walk in the night, the stone country, Time of the butcherbird by Alex La Guma( Book )

1 edition published in 2015 in English and held by 14 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"A proud child of Cape Town's infamous District Six, Alex La Guma (1925 - 1985) is one of South Africa's unsung literary heroes. As a novelist and a freedom fighter, he followed in the footsteps of his politically active father, Jimmy La Guma to combat the injustices of apartheid, then went into exile in London with his family after harrowing periods of solitary detention and severe harassment at the hands of South Africa's Special Branch police. With an eye for the minutiae of life - depicted in all its harsh reality, tempered with profound compassion, gentle humour and a beautifully ornate prose style, he produced five superb novels and over a dozen short stories between 1962 and 1979. In addition to his writing, his political work continued in exile and he subsequently left London for Havana, Cuba to become chief representative of the African National Congress in the Caribbean. Yet today, tragically, in the country of his birth - where his books were once banned - he is virtually unknown, a forgotten colossus. However, his potent genius for creating vivid characters amidst the brutality of apartheid, his masterful storytelling technique, his ardent humanity and unwavering support of the poor, the oppressed and the ostracized, will in time all ensure his lasting fame, both in South Africa and abroad."--Publisher's website: http://www.otterley.com/products/a-colossus-revisited