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Moffie : A Novel by Andre Carl van der Merwe (2011, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherEuropa Editions, Incorporated
ISBN-101609450507
ISBN-139781609450502
eBay Product ID (ePID)109106818
Product Key Features
Book TitleMoffie : a Novel
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2011
TopicGeneral, Lgbt / Gay
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorAndre Carl Van Der Merwe
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight16.2 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2018-295992
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsPraise for Moffie "A beautifully written book." --Farm Lane Books blog "[A] gracious story." -- The Columbus Outlook "I can't remember another book in recent times that is written with as much passion, grit, and unexpected tenderness." --Globetrotter "moffie is a novel I highly recommend to serious readers." --Lambda Literary "Compelling, first-rate reading." --Shelf Awareness "[A] powerful debut." -- Publishers Weekly
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal823.92
SynopsisSet in "Ward 22" during the Angola Bush War that raged from 1966 to 1989 in South-west Africa, with evocative realism, Moffie transports the reader into the world of a young gay conscript ironically defending a regime that actively supresses his identity. Nicholas van der Swart has always known he is different. Unable to live up to the expectations his family, his heritage and his culture have of him, he grows increasingly diffident and introverted. When, at the age of 19, he is conscripted into the South African army, he enters a world that is utterly at odds with his every sensibility. Here, he will face the scorn and violence of his tormenters, but will also find the strength to survive. Although the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa has gone a long way toward exposing and exorcising some of the atrocities committed in the name of Apartheid, very little has been revealed about the adversities faced by gays under the regime. At turns heart wrenching and humorous, told with great sensitivity and infused with hope, Moffie is a long overdue account of a vital subject, place and time., A gay South African endures military conscription during the Angola Bush War in this autobiographical novel of persecution and hope--An "electrifying debut" ( Shelf Awareness ). Nicholas van der Swart always knew he was different, but to avoid the violent punishments that come with being gay in Apartheid South Africa, he has carefully kept his true self a secret. By the standards of his brutal father and the machismo culture of Afrikaners, "moffies" like him deserve nothing but scorn. Then, at nineteen years old, Nicholas is drafted into the South African army. He soon finds himself caught in a world entirely at odds with his identity, forced to fight for a cause he doesn't believe in. Here, he will face the hatred and violence of his tormenters, but will also experience his first glimmers of love, and finally find the strength to survive. A long overdue account of Apartheid South Africa's criminalization of homosexuality, André Carl van der Merwe's acclaimed debut novel is the basis for the critically acclaimed film Moffie , directed by Oliver Hermanus., A gay South African endures military conscription during the Angola Bush War in this autobiographical novel of persecution and hope--An "electrifying debut" ( Shelf Awareness ). Nicholas van der Swart always knew he was different, but to avoid the violent punishments that come with being gay in Apartheid South Africa, he has carefully kept his true self a secret. By the standards of his brutal father and the machismo culture of Afrikaners, "moffies" like him deserve nothing but scorn. Then, at nineteen years old, Nicholas is drafted into the South African army. He soon finds himself caught in a world entirely at odds with his identity, forced to fight for a cause he doesn't believe in. Here, he will face the hatred and violence of his tormenters, but will also experience his first glimmers of love, and finally find the strength to survive. A long overdue account of Apartheid South Africa's criminalization of homosexuality, André Carl van der Merwe's acclaimed debut novel is the basis for the critically acclaimed film Moffie, directed by Oliver Hermanus.
LC Classification NumberPR9369.4.V366
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