About this book
Memoir from the highly acclaimed South African novelist. Features his encounters with Ariel Dorfman, Gunter Grass, Nadine Gordimer, Nelson Mandela and many others.
Tells the story of a life lived in tumultuous times. In this title, the author describes with searing honesty his conflicting experiences of growing up in a world where innocence was always surrounded by violence and storytelling was a means of reconciling the stark contrasts of his world.