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03029aam a2200469 i 4500 001 3E24DC94EB9D11E7A465B32097128E48 003 SILO 005 20171228010216 008 150416s2014 sa 000 f eng d 010 $a 2014499376 020 $a 1770103864 020 $a 9781770103863 035 $a (OCoLC)891065125 040 $a OI@ $b eng $c OI@ $d DLC $d OCLCF $d OCL $d OCLCO $d CUY $d NUI $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 043 $a f-sa--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/f-sa 050 00 $a PR9369.3.L33 $b T49 2014 082 04 $a 823.92 $2 23 100 1 $a Langa, Mandla, $d 1950- $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85172440 245 14 $a The texture of shadows : $b a novel / $c Mandla Langa. 264 1 $a Johannesburg : $b Picador Africa, $c 2014. 300 $a 371 pages ; $c 23 cm 500 $a Novel. 520 $a "It is 1989, a high point of hope in South Africa's political history. The nation is abuzz with rumours of Nelson Mandela's imminent release, the dismantling of guerrilla camps and the possibility of peace. A band of exiled People's Army soldiers returns to South Africa. After years in Angola they think the change they have been fighting for is finally about to become a reality. They have been ordered to carry and deliver a sealed trunk to an unspecified destination. It is a mission that makes them a target as different parties set out to separate the men from the trunk and its mysterious contents, setting the stage for several fierce conflicts. The Texture of Shadows explores a world of hardened guerrilla fighters, corrupt police officers, ex-political prisoners and the victims of abuse of a system of bannings and beatings. But there are also cracks in this steel-edged world that hope, love and beauty can fill as the reader is swept up in the story of Chaplain Nerissa Rodrigues and her fellow soldiers"--Back cover. 650 0 $a Soldiers $z South Africa $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Political prisoners $z South Africa $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Police corruption $z South Africa $v Fiction. 650 0 $a South African fiction (English) $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125503 650 0 $a English fiction $x Black authors. 651 0 $a South Africa $x Politics and government $v Fiction. 650 7 $a English fiction $x Black authors. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01425195 650 7 $a Police corruption. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01068588 650 7 $a Political prisoners. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069636 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Soldiers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01125233 650 7 $a South African fiction (English) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01127180 651 7 $a South Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204616 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423787 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423787 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 lcgft $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026339 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171228015830.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3E24DC94EB9D11E7A465B32097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search