Dawn to Twilight

by Daniel P. Kunene

When two teenagers, Duma and Meisie, accidentally meet at a street water tap, and it is dry, they are both frustrated and their rather unlike temperaments emerge in different ways. She flares a bit into a temper. He holds his feelings under control. A brief word jousting follows. The fact that they live in a white-controlled black township in South Africa immediately brings up the political meaning of the dry tap. They part abruptly, the young man afraid he’ll be late for school, while the young woman holds school in contempt. But it seems a seed has been sown. How will it grow? What directions will their lives take?

456 pages, Paperback

First published May 5, 2013