{"product_id":"the-house-next-door-to-africa-by-denis-hirson-used","title":"The House Next Door to Africa, by Denis Hirson (Used)","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe House Next Door to Africa\u003c\/em\u003e is among the outstanding new creative writing published directly into the Africasouth Paperback series.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere is a kaleidoscope vision of a childhood and youth in Johannesburg during the 1950s and '60s, an idiosyncratic South African autobiography like no other before it, related in fragments of distilled, ebullient prose - sharply perceptive and lyrical, affectionate, and downright funny.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book begins with a weird collection of great-grand-mothers, great-uncles and aunts, who left Tsarist Russia early in the century for Palestine. It ends poignantly with the young narrator and his family preparing for a second exile after the release and deportation of his father, a political prisoner during much of the period described.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: fair (edges of spine and cover are slightly worn)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Africa Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887937024258,"sku":"9780864860637","price":100.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1160\/4950\/files\/thehousenextdoor.jpg?v=1714734311","url":"https:\/\/bridgebooks.co.za\/products\/the-house-next-door-to-africa-by-denis-hirson-used","provider":"Bridge Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}