{"product_id":"playing-in-the-light-9781595587411","title":"Playing in the Light","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBy the Windham Campbell Prize winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in a beautifully rendered 1990s Cape Town, Zoë Wicomb’s celebrated novel revolves around Marion Campbell, who runs a travel agency but hates traveling, and who, in post-apartheid society, must negotiate the complexities of a knotty relationship with Brenda, her first black employee. As Alison McCulloch noted in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \"Wicomb deftly explores the ghastly soup of racism in all its unglory—denial, tradition, habit, stupidity, fear—and manages to do so without moralizing or becoming formulaic.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaught in the narrow world of private interests and self-advancement, Marion eschews national politics until the Truth and Reconciliation Commission throws up information that brings into question not only her family’s past but her identity and her rightful place in contemporary South African society. \"Stylistically nuanced and psychologically astute\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003ePlaying in the Light\u003c\/i\u003e is as powerful in its depiction of Marion's personal journey as it is in its depiction of South Africa's bizarre, brutal history.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Zoe Wicomb","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48283841233147,"sku":"9781595587411","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_7104f765-a674-4127-bb04-e228cbf7778c.jpg?v=1771414885","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/playing-in-the-light-9781595587411","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}