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Written by: 5/18/2009 2:14 PM
Till We Can Keep an Animal is about a middle-aged woman who was attacked, raped and murdered in her home by armed robbers, Voysey-Briag says 'I keep her alive so that her story continues. I invite her family members, those who are alive and dead, to tell their stories through her. She is the main protagonist and the narrator'. She said the novel was written from the shame and sadness that exists in this country: 'I wanted to pose questions. We love our grandmothers and grandfathers, our families, but what did they perpetuate the system, to make apartheid work and flourish? That's what I explore in the manuscript, the cruelty that has always existed in South Africa, the violence over 400 years'.
Review By - Beverly Soga : Rating: 4/5
WOW!!! What an exciting book!!! It had me restless for two days: but...what an insight to a woman's perspective of the crime in this country: the helplessness, the fear and frustration of having to know you're going to die and how helpless you feel against preventing it.
Also, the racism factor: how real it really is in this country, and again, how helpless you feel to change things as a woman, even though you know you can do something about it, but once again the FEAR of actually doing it as a woman.
It's amazing how one realises how many mistakes you have made, and all the possibilities of what you could have done to make things better, and the mistakes you could have avoided.
All in all, it is an AWESOME, riveting book to read!!!
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