· "Although new to the scene, Yewande Omotoso writes with the skill, intelligence, and compassion of an old master. One of the astonishing achievements of The Woman Next Door is her ability to see all sides of a story. Only such keenness of vision could produce this enlightening and eloquent novel that serves as a testament to a truth that we seldom hear: through honest exchange, it Brand: Picador. · An interview with author Yewande Omotoso about her latest novel, The Woman Next Door, for Africa's Lit, the newsletter on African literature from South Afric. "Although new to the scene, Yewande Omotoso writes with the skill, intelligence, and compassion of an old master. One of the astonishing achievements of The Woman Next Door is her ability to see all sides of a story. Only such keenness of vision could produce this enlightening and eloquent novel that serves as a testament to a truth that we seldom hear: through honest exchange, it is possible for us to free .
Yewande Omotoso. YEWANDE OMOTOSO was born in Barbados and grew up in Nigeria, moving to South Africa with her family in She is the author of Bom Boy, published in South Africa in In she was on the South African Literary Award for First-Time Published Author and was shortlisted for the South African Sunday Times Fiction Prize. Buy The Woman Next Door: Omotoso Yewande 01 by Omotoso, Yewande (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The Woman Next Door is contemporary novel of South African race relations by Yewande Omotoso in which two elderly, widowed women -one black, one white -attempt to overcome their pasts while befriending one another. Hortensia James, wealthy and well-known from her interior design business, lives in Kitterijn, a wealthy, nearly all-white.
Loved THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR by Yewande Omotoso about two nasty women feuding, the indignities of aging, and racial tensions in present day South Africa. By turns funny and moving and painful. This one will stay with me. "Although new to the scene, Yewande Omotoso writes with the skill, intelligence, and compassion of an old master. One of the astonishing achievements of The Woman Next Door is her ability to see all sides of a story. Only such keenness of vision could produce this enlightening and eloquent novel that serves as a testament to a truth that we seldom hear: through honest exchange, it is possible for us to free ourselves from the terrible hauntings of history.". Yewande Omotoso. YEWANDE OMOTOSO was born in Barbados and grew up in Nigeria, moving to South Africa with her family in She is the author of Bom Boy, published in South Africa in In she was on the South African Literary Award for First-Time Published Author and was shortlisted for the South African Sunday Times Fiction Prize.
0コメント