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Denis Hirson to Read at the Labia

Posted By Ben On 14th July 2006 @ 12:34 In The Margin | No Comments

South African writer and poet Denis Hirson will read from his 1986 novel, [1] The House Next Door to Africa (David Philip/New Africa Books) at Cape Town’s [2] Labia Theatre on Wednesday, 2 August, at 6 p.m.

[3] Clarke’s Bookshop will be on hand with a selection of Hirson’s books for sale and signing. He is also the author of two memoirs, [4] I Remember King Kong (The Boxer) and [5] We Walk Straight So You Better Get Out the Way (both Jacana titles).

RSVP to Morgan Vesty by 28 July: [6] morgan@newafricabooks.co.za, (021) 674 4136.

From the reviewers:

The house next door to Africa is an utterly honest, powerfully emotional, excitingly visual account of a white child’s experience of growing up in South Africa. It is brilliantly observed, with the smallest visual detail often throwing a whole scene into a new and rewardingly perceptual relief; it is often wickedly funny, particularly in the observation of the rituals of white adolescence.
- Michael Wade, Southern African Review of Books, Summer 1988

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[1] The House Next Door to Africa: http://www.kalahari.net/e-trader/referral.asp?toolbar=mweb&linkid=5&partnerid=4896&sk
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[2] Labia Theatre: http://www.labia.co.za/
[3] Clarke’s Bookshop: http://www.clarkesbooks.co.za/
[4] I Remember King Kong (The Boxer): http://www.kalahari.net/e-trader/referral.asp?toolbar=mweb&linkid=5&partnerid=4896&sk
u=28050542
[5] We Walk Straight So You Better Get Out the Way: http://www.kalahari.net/e-trader/referral.asp?toolbar=mweb&linkid=5&partnerid=4896&sk
u=29285607
[6] morgan@newafricabooks.co.za: http://boswestblog.commailto:morgan@newafricabooks.co.za
[7] NewWritingPartnership.org.uk: http://www.newwritingpartnership.org.uk/nwp/site/writer.acds?context=1515893&instanceid=1598937

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