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Denouncing the reader
Zoë Wicomb thinks she knows why black South African readers appreciate Damon Galgut’s Booker Prize-winning novel ‘The Promise’ (2021) whilst many white readers were turned off by it.
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Zoe Wicomb's latest novel is Still Life.
Zoë Wicomb thinks she knows why black South African readers appreciate Damon Galgut’s Booker Prize-winning novel ‘The Promise’ (2021) whilst many white readers were turned off by it.