Description
About the Author
Andrea Thorpe teaches academic skills at QA Higher Education, London, and is a research associate of the University of Johannesburg.
Reviews
'In this rich and engaging new study, Andrea Thorpe offers us the perspectives of those for whom London was variously a lens to view the world [...] The book is sharply cognisant of the production of 'South African' writing and writers in London and how this was racially structured [...] there is much in Thorpe's work for scholars of South African history and writing, London and urban histories, exile, modernity, and transnational movements.'
Anne Macguire, The London Journal
'Thorpe's re-evaluation of South African writing as London writing holds political as well as scholarly importance.'
Hayley G. Toth, Journal of Postcolonial Writing
'South African London is a well-conceived and engaging book, providing informed and insightful readings that nuance the contrapuntal paradigm of exilic writing. It makes a valuable contribution to South African literary history, as well as to the literature of London and to Diaspora Studies.'
Peter Blair, Modern Language Review
Book Information
ISBN 9781526174598
Author Andrea Thorpe
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publisher Manchester University Press
Weight(grams) 408g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 15mm