Bibliograph

How to be a revolutionary, a novel by C.A. Davids

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How to be a revolutionary, a novel by C.A. Davids

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

How to be a revolutionary

Oclc number

1296390634

Responsibility statement

a novel by C.A. Davids

Summary

"Fleeing her moribund marriage in Cape Town, Beth accepts a diplomatic posting to Shanghai. In this anonymous city she hopes to lose herself in books, wine, and solitude, and to dodge whatever pangs of conscience she feels for her fealty to a South African regime that, by the 21st century, has betrayed its early promises. At night, she hears the sound of typing, and then late one evening Zhao arrives at her door. They explore hidden Shanghai and discover a shared love of Langston Hughes--who had his own Chinese and African sojourns. But then Zhao vanishes, and a typewritten manuscript--chunk by chunk--appears at her doorstep instead. The truths unearthed in this manuscript cause her to reckon with her own past, and the long-buried story of what happened to Kay, her fearless, revolutionary friend"--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

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