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Ways of Dying is a 1995 novel by South African novelist and playwright Zakes Mda. The text follows the wanderings and creative endeavors of Toloki, a self-employed professional mourner, as he traverses an unnamed South African city during the nation's transitional period.
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- contemporarynostalgic
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- Author
- Zakes Mda
- First published
- 1995
- Pages
- 212
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Oxford University Press Southern Africa, Picador USA
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780195714982
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