In 1970 a young dancer named Alma Guillermoprieto left New York to take a job teaching at Cuba s National School of Dance. For six months, she worked in mirrorless studios (it was considered more revolutionary); her poorly trained but ardent students worked without them but dreamt of greatness. Yet in the midst of chronic shortages and revolutionary upheaval, Guillermoprieto found in Cuba a people whose sense of purpose touched her forever.
In this electrifying memoir, Guillermoprieto-now an award-winning journalist and arguably one of our finest writers on Latin America- resurrects a time when dancers and revolutionaries seemed to occupy the same historical stage and even a floor exercise could be a profoundly political act. Exuberant and elegiac, tender and unsparing,
A murder mystery set in South Africa, where Kramer and Zondi come across Bantu gangs that murder with bicycle spokes and hear whispered references to the Steam Pig . McClure has written four other Kramer and Zondi novels - The Song Dog , The Caterpillar Cop , Snake and Gooseberry Fool . synopsis may belong to another edition of this title.
Review: James McClure s first novel arrives like a slam in the kidneys . . . a gripping style, real characters, and an exotic locale. . . . The Steam Pig will not only keep the reader s nose to the page, it will also make [him] think. The New York Times Book Review
Life and Times of Michael K: World premiere to kick off at the Baxter
If you’re a fan of JM Coetzee and Lara Foot, then you’re in for a theatrical treat! The Life and Times of Michael K is set to premiere at the Baxter and we have all the details.
Ladies and gents, the world premiere of Nobel Prize-winning author JM Coetzee’s
Life and Times of Michael K, will be gracing the Baxter’s stage early next month. Adapted for the stage by Lara Foot, in collaboration with the Handspring Puppet Company, you know you are in for a spectacular performance.