Down Second Avenue
$37.31
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
24 September 2013
Summary
Es’kia Mphahlele’s seminal memoir of life in apartheid South Africa-available for the first time in Penguin Classics
Nominated for the Nobel Prize in 1969, Es’kia Mphahlele is considered the Dean of African Letters and the father of black South African writing. Down Second Avenue is a landmark book that describes Mphahlele’s experience growing up in segregated South Africa. Vivid, graceful, and unapologetic, it details a daily life of severe poverty and brutal police surveill…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143106791 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0143106791 |
| Author: | Es'kia Mphahlele, Ngugi wa Thiong'o |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 24 September 2013 |
| Weight: | 206g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 18mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“If Nelson Mandela is our political star, Mphahlele was his literary equivalent.” –Barney Mthombothi, in The Star
“If Nelson Mandela is our political star, Mphahlele was his literary equivalent.”—Barney Mthombothi, in The Star
About The Author
Es'kia Mphahlele
Es’kia Mphahlele (1919-2008) published two autobiographies, Down Second Avenue and Afrika My Music, and three novels, The Wanderers, Chirundu, and Father Came Home, in addition to short stories and nonfiction. His short story collection, In Corner B, is available from Penguin Classics.
Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s writings have been translated into more than thirty languages. His novels Petals of Blood; Weep Not, Child; and A Grain of Wheat are available in Penguin Classics. He lives in Irvine, California.
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