Gillian Slovo crea narrazioni che approfondiscono la complessa interazione tra passato e presente, esplorando le ripercussioni degli eventi storici sulle vite contemporanee. La sua scrittura spesso indaga negli angoli più oscuri della psiche umana e nelle ambiguità morali. Attraverso una narrazione avvincente, disseziona strutture sociali e politiche, esaminandone il profondo impatto sugli individui. Slovo impiega la sua abilità narrativa per trascinare i lettori in profonde riflessioni su giustizia, colpa e redenzione.
On 11 September 2001, in a cafe in London, Ahmed Errachidi watched as the twin towers collapsed.In a series of terrible events, Ahmed was sold by the Pakistanis to the Americans in the diplomatic lounge at Islamabad airport and spent five and a half years in Guantanamo. But then, after all those years, Ahmed was freed, his innocence admitted.
Riva Cyn flees the pogroms of Russia to make a new life for herself in Johannesburg, and becomes the first remarkable individual in four generations of strong-willed women, whose fates are entwined with that of the Bopape family
*The deeply moving memoir of the Slovo family which also encompasses much of the story of the Apartheid years.
Exploring the complexities of the Guantanamo Bay detentions, this book intertwines personal narratives, legal perspectives, and political discussions. It critically examines the impact of these detentions on Western democratic values amid the ongoing "war on terror." Following its success in London, the work has gained attention in New York, prompting reflection on the balance between security and freedom.
Set in a rural South African town, the story intertwines the lives of three individuals confronting their pasts. Sarah Barcant, a former New York lawyer, returns to aid a Truth Commission hearing, while Dirk Hendricks, a former police deputy, faces the consequences of his actions as he is brought back to the station where he once tortured Alex Mpondo, now a Member of Parliament. The narrative unfolds with a thrilling pace, exploring themes of justice, redemption, and the haunting legacies of apartheid.
"Perhaps the most important piece of fiction yet to emerge from the new South Africa." "San Francisco Chronicle "
The Government has so far refused a Public Inquiry into the riots that shook our cities this Summer, so the Tricycle is mounting its own. This verbatim play builds a real-time picture of the riots as they unfolded. And then, from interviews with politicians, police, teachers, lawyers, community leaders, as well as victims and on-lookers, The Riots analyses what happened, why it happened, and what we should do towards making a better future for ourselves and our city. Astonishing stories and equally astonishing conclusions told by the many voices that have been stirred up by the riots.
Irina Davydovna is a cleaner. She has no time for politics or even for that matter, people: 'rules and rulers may come and go, but dirt never changes.' Boris Aleksandrovich is a revolutionary. He thinks he understands power. But this is Leningrad in 1933 and Stalin is about to turn against their city. When the life of his beloved daughter Natasha is threatened and his old friend Anton saves a skinny little orphan he finds on a Moscow train, Boris' faith in his ideals are put to the test. While Irina, watching it all, must learn the power of loyalty and love. 'Powerful and moving, Ice Road is a novel whose epic scope never obscures the individual lives that are lived in the shadow of great events. I shall never forget Natasha and Kolya's love story . . . or Irina, whose sturdy self respect and determination to survive, seems, at times, to speak for an entire people. Gillian Slovo excels in depicting complex human beings, full of passion, love, ambition, self-interest, who are caught up in their country's history and swept along by it.' Pat Barker
When the genteely impoverished and rebellious Evelyn marries the charming Emil, scion of a privileged Sinhalese family, she thinks that her dream of a life in England can now at last come true. So the family travel, with their young son Milton, from Ceylon to Tilbury Docks. But this is England in the 1950s and, no matter how hard Evelyn wishes that it would, England does not take kindly to strangers, especially families who are half black and half white. A profound and moving novel, this is the story about the search to feel at home in your own skin.
A stunning novel of war, from the bestselling author of Red Dust and Ice Road.