Hunger Eats a Man by Nkosinathi Sithole
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Hunger Eats a ManWhen Father Gumede, known as Priest, loses his job as a farmhand, he realises he can't afford to love his neighbour as he does himself.Despondent and enraged, Priest cuts off all ties to the church and politics, determined to make a living at whatever cost. It will take a strange story written by his son Sandile a comical, terrifying and prophetic tale in which the downtrodden rise up to march on the wealth of a neighbouring suburb show Priest the hope and humanity inherent in the human spirit.Beautifully poetic, funny and highly relevant, Nkosinathi Sithole's debut novel highlights the ongoing plight of many rural South Africans and the power of a community working together to bring about change.
Author Nkosinathi SitholeISBN 9780143538967
Format PaperbackPages 166p.
Hunger Eats a Man by Nkosinathi Sithole
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Hunger Eats a Man by Nkosinathi Sithole
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9780143538967
Hunger Eats a Man
When Father Gumede, known as Priest, loses his job as a farmhand, he realises he can't afford to love his neighbour as he does himself.
Despondent and enraged, Priest cuts off all ties to the church and politics, determined to make a living at whatever cost. It will take a strange story written by his son Sandile a comical, terrifying and prophetic tale in which the downtrodden rise up to march on the wealth of a neighbouring suburb show Priest the hope and humanity inherent in the human spirit.
Beautifully poetic, funny and highly relevant, Nkosinathi Sithole's debut novel highlights the ongoing plight of many rural South Africans and the power of a community working together to bring about change.
When Father Gumede, known as Priest, loses his job as a farmhand, he realises he can't afford to love his neighbour as he does himself.
Despondent and enraged, Priest cuts off all ties to the church and politics, determined to make a living at whatever cost. It will take a strange story written by his son Sandile a comical, terrifying and prophetic tale in which the downtrodden rise up to march on the wealth of a neighbouring suburb show Priest the hope and humanity inherent in the human spirit.
Beautifully poetic, funny and highly relevant, Nkosinathi Sithole's debut novel highlights the ongoing plight of many rural South Africans and the power of a community working together to bring about change.
Author Nkosinathi Sithole
ISBN 9780143538967
ISBN 9780143538967
Format Paperback
Pages 166p.
Pages 166p.
Hunger Eats a Man
When Father Gumede, known as Priest, loses his job as a farmhand, he realises he can't afford to love his neighbour as he does himself.
Despondent and enraged, Priest cuts off all ties to the church and politics, determined to make a living at whatever cost. It will take a strange story written by his son Sandile a comical, terrifying and prophetic tale in which the downtrodden rise up to march on the wealth of a neighbouring suburb show Priest the hope and humanity inherent in the human spirit.
Beautifully poetic, funny and highly relevant, Nkosinathi Sithole's debut novel highlights the ongoing plight of many rural South Africans and the power of a community working together to bring about change.
Author Nkosinathi Sithole
ISBN 9780143538967 Format Paperback
Pages 166p.
When Father Gumede, known as Priest, loses his job as a farmhand, he realises he can't afford to love his neighbour as he does himself.
Despondent and enraged, Priest cuts off all ties to the church and politics, determined to make a living at whatever cost. It will take a strange story written by his son Sandile a comical, terrifying and prophetic tale in which the downtrodden rise up to march on the wealth of a neighbouring suburb show Priest the hope and humanity inherent in the human spirit.
Beautifully poetic, funny and highly relevant, Nkosinathi Sithole's debut novel highlights the ongoing plight of many rural South Africans and the power of a community working together to bring about change.
Author Nkosinathi Sithole
ISBN 9780143538967 Format Paperback
Pages 166p.