In dialogue with the dead and living - Nelson Mandela, Mahmoud Darwish, Barack Obama - internationally distinguished South African artist and writer Breyten Breytenbach's new collection of essays traces the collisions between utopia and disaster, political traumas and the renewal of hope.

Essays in this book were first serialized in Harper's magazine. His essay, Mandela's Smile, published in the December 2008 edition has recently been named a National Magazine Award Finalist. We plan to advertise this title in numerous literary and political journals and magazines. We also intend to schedule television and radio interviews for the author on NPR, Pacifica, and other independent outlets.

About the Author
A native of South Africa, Breyten Breytenbach is a distinguished painter, activist and prolific writer. He has authored numerous novels, short story compilations, essays and dramatic works. From 1975- 1982, he was a political prisoner serving two terms of solitary confinement in South African prisons. Today Professor Breytenbach is a Global Distinguished Professor of creative writing at New York University.

Reviews
Praise for Breytenbach's Return to Paradise: "This wonderful book is written with a wild heart and an unrelenting eye, and is fueled by the sort of rage that produces great literature." --The Washington Post "Protean, funny, bitchy, beautifully written and searingly bleak . . . As in all of Mr. Breytenbach's writing, the lyrical pleasures here are intense." --The New York Times Book Review



Book Information
ISBN 9781931859912
Author Breyten Breytenbach
Format Paperback
Page Count 220
Imprint Haymarket Books
Publisher Haymarket Books
Weight(grams) 300g