- Blacks, Culture conflict, Fiction, Race identity
Tells the story of two extraordinary young women who have grown up black in white suburbs and must now struggle to find their identities. The rich and pampered Ofilwe has taken her privileged lifestyle for granted, and must confront her swiftly dwindling sense of culture when her soulless world falls apart.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Contemporary, classical in form, earnest and grave.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
About the book
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 194
- Publisher
- Sonda, Brand: Sonda, Jacana
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9788871066189
Where to read
Libraries first: a card gets you most books for nothing. Each opens that service’s page for this title.
On Open Library, 1 have read it and 27 want to.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
It's Not Like It's a Secret 201789% alikeBoth contemporary, classical in form, earnest.
The serpent king 201686% alikeBoth contemporary, classical in form, earnest.
A Good Neighborhood 201986% alikeBoth contemporary, classical in form, earnest.
Infinity son 201986% alikeBoth contemporary, classical in form, earnest.
Interruption of Everything 200585% alikeBoth contemporary, classical in form, earnest.
Daz 4 Zoe 199685% alikeBoth classical in form, contemporary, earnest.
Three Dollars 199884% alikeBoth contemporary, classical in form, earnest.
Juliet takes a breath 201684% alikeBoth contemporary, classical in form, earnest.
Satisfaction 200785% alikeTelevision · Both contemporary, classical in form, earnest.
Sweetbitter 201884% alikeTelevision · Both contemporary, classical in form, grave.