Ways of dying
by
 
Mda, Zakes.

Title
Ways of dying

Author
Mda, Zakes.

ISBN
9780195711066
 
9780195714982

Personal Author
Mda, Zakes.

Publication Information
Cape Town ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.

Physical Description
199 pages ; 22 cm.

Series
Southern African fiction writing
 
Southern African fiction writing.

Abstract
Ways of Dying tells the story of the eccentric but dignified professional mourner, Toloki. His odyssey takes him from a rural village community to the shabby, vibrant outskirts of a contemporary South African city, where the tenderness that springs up between him and the beautiful and tragic Noria helps them to heal the past. By turns magical, brutal, and funny, this compelling work is a major new contribution to South African writing.

Subject Term
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Fiction.
 
Weepers (Mourners) -- Fiction.
 
Blacks -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
South Africa -- Fiction.

Electronic Access
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0723/95230909-b.html
 
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0635/95230909-d.html


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