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A South African novel which won both the CNA Literary Debut Award and the Eugene Marais Prize in 1994. Grave sexual deviance, the political and military aberrations of apartheid, and religious hypocrisy, are interwoven with a seemingly happy and normal family's life.
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It's not that Marnus Erasmus is forced to parrot his major-general father's prejudices--the 11-year-old has no idea he's even doing so. The voice Mark Behr has created is a mix of youthful innocence and hope and terrible hatred and ignorance. Unconsciously relaying tales of Communist indoctrination and Coloured abomination, the boy is all set to become another soldier of the white South African state. "Dad says he'll never forget what the Communists and the blacks did to Tanganyika. And Dad says we shouldn't ever forget. A Volk that forgets its history is like a man without a memory. That man is useless." Marnus's domestic memories, however, turn out to be far more difficult to deal with than any issues of national import. His final essay of the school year ends with the triumphant "Open eyes are the gateways to an open mind," even as his family is attempting to keep his firmly shut.
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Born in Tanzania in 1963, Mark Behr later moved to South Africa with his family. His first novel THE SMELL OF APPLES won several awards and was shortlisted for several more.
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- PublisherAbacus Uk
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0349106266
- ISBN 13 9780349106267
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages200
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