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Daughters of the Twilight
Book by Karodia, Farida
- GenresFiction
160 pages, Paperback
Published October 2, 1986
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About the author
Farida Karodia
11 books9 followersFarida Karoida was born in the eastern Cape province, a location that inspired the setting for her first novel, Daughters of Twilight (1986). She taught in Johannesburg, South Africa, Zambia, Swaziland. In 1968 the government of South Africa withdrew her passport. Facing forced interment in South Africa, she emigrated to Canada. She remained there, where she published her first novel and wrote in multiple mediums, including film, television, and CBC radio dramas. She returned to South Africa in 1994. She now works as a free-lance writer and divides her time between Canada and South Africa.
Her first novel was Daughters of the Twilight was published in 1986, and was a runner up for the Fawcett Literature Prize. Although she was living in Canada at the time, the book concerns what difficulties non-whites faced in getting an education under apartheid. However by 1990 she had also written about Canada. Further during time spent in India in 1991 she wrote and filmed Midnight Embers. Her novel A Shattering of Silence (1993), set during the Mozambique civil war, follows Faith, the daughter of Canadian missionaries, after the murder of her parents. Against an African Sky and Other Stories (1994) was one of her first works after she returned to South Africa.In 2000, her novel Other Secrets was nominated for an IMPAC Dublin Award. Nor have her novels set in Africa focused only on South Africa. Boundaries (2003)focuses on the return of three women to a small South African town, Vlenterhoek
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Her first novel was Daughters of the Twilight was published in 1986, and was a runner up for the Fawcett Literature Prize. Although she was living in Canada at the time, the book concerns what difficulties non-whites faced in getting an education under apartheid. However by 1990 she had also written about Canada. Further during time spent in India in 1991 she wrote and filmed Midnight Embers. Her novel A Shattering of Silence (1993), set during the Mozambique civil war, follows Faith, the daughter of Canadian missionaries, after the murder of her parents. Against an African Sky and Other Stories (1994) was one of her first works after she returned to South Africa.In 2000, her novel Other Secrets was nominated for an IMPAC Dublin Award. Nor have her novels set in Africa focused only on South Africa. Boundaries (2003)focuses on the return of three women to a small South African town, Vlenterhoek
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August 11, 2013
I love Karodia's short stories. This novel feels like the expansion of a short story that it is. There are fabulously dense and poignant moments, but towards the end, the pace and narrator's voice became uneven. In some ways, this mirrors the plot. The ending was amazing.
I wonder what it was like reading its description of the early days of Apartheid when it was first published in 1986. Now, both the historical context of the plot and publication become foils: both were twilights of different eras.
I love how Karodia's fictional narratives express the histories of people whose lives did not fit into legal restrictions and racist ideologies. Her discussion of South Asian and mixed race communities/individuals in South Africa always point out the flawed logic of the institutions oppressing them. This is a very fast read and a enjoyed it, though perhaps not so much as some of her short stories.
I wonder what it was like reading its description of the early days of Apartheid when it was first published in 1986. Now, both the historical context of the plot and publication become foils: both were twilights of different eras.
I love how Karodia's fictional narratives express the histories of people whose lives did not fit into legal restrictions and racist ideologies. Her discussion of South Asian and mixed race communities/individuals in South Africa always point out the flawed logic of the institutions oppressing them. This is a very fast read and a enjoyed it, though perhaps not so much as some of her short stories.
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