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Triangulum by Masande Ntshanga

Triangulum by Masande Ntshanga

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In the Eastern Cape, a schoolgirl maths prodigy is haunted by the loss of her mother, who disappeared during the demise of the country’s homeland system.
 
When a strange apparition – “the machine” – visits the girl at night, she’s convinced it’s a sign from her mother, and connected to a series of abductions of local girls. With her two closest friends, she sets out to find the truth, exposing links to the area’s murky past.
 
Are her visions disturbed hallucinations to be medicated away? Or are they evidence of supernatural – perhaps even extraterrestrial – contact? Years later, as a gifted data scientist in a dystopic surveillance-state, she is drawn into a world of espionage, shadowy corporations, eco-terrorists and hackers through the love she feels for an elusive artist.
 
Presented as a message from the future, Masande Ntshanga’s Triangulum  boldly mixes science-fiction with philosophy and details of South African history seldom examined. An affecting exploration of bereavement, sexuality and coming of age, this multilayered novel showcases a completely original talent coming into his full powers.
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Mbali Sebokedi
What a trip!

Described as a gender-bending novel, Triangulum blends science-fiction, mystery and possibly more? I have a vivid memory of finishing this novel and saying what did I just read? but in the good kinda way. It’s always a delight reading speculative South African fiction

The novel is beautifully written, bringing forward new ways of exploring grief, love and sexuality. While simultaneously commenting on corporate greed and life in a surveillance stage.

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