Mpisani travels home for the burial of his mother and a visit to his first wife, he is anxious to hurry back to Johannesburg. His second wife, waiting in Soweto, will give birth soon. Giyani, his eight year old son, accompanies him.
But when Giyani disappears, Mpisi stays to search for him. He tries to ignore the villagers who blame magic for the boy’s disappearance. Meanwhile Mpisi’s city wife, Ntombazi, bears a boy with a birthmark that seems to be a sign . . .
“I am enjoying this SO much. I have read and loved all of Niq Mhlongo’s books, but Paradise in Gaza is turning out to be my absolute favourite. ……Beautiful writing, beautiful people, in a hard life and a hard country, but making it work as best they can.” – Page Nick (author)
Mhlongo is exploring a variety of themes here, some of which carry the seeds of issues we can see all too clearly in contemporary SA. He skilfully differentiates his characters, turning them into rounded people, who, like most of us, are a mixture of the good and the bad. ….Paradise in Gaza is a powerful and thought-provoking work. – Sunday Times, South Africa
Author: Niq Mhlongo
Rights: Foreign and Translation available
pages: 298