Reading Journal: Tues 30th June 2009

Last night – Yay finally turned the last page on Athol Fugard’s Tsotsi [forethoughts] last night. But I’m ‘yaying’ not because I couldn’t wait to finish it (far from it, it was quite the literary journey), but rather I was getting frustrated at my taking so long. Done and dusted I’ll posted my ‘afterthoughts’ as [...]

Forethoughts: Tsotsi by Athol Fugard

After finishing an unscheduled but hugely enjoyable read of [Song For Night] by Chris Abani, I return to my ‘organised’ reading pile to find my literary feet still firmly planted on African soil, with a virtual move southwards to the townships of Johannesburg and the intriguing tale of Tsotsi, a gang leader for whom violence and theft are a common everyday occupation.