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alisonb's review against another edition
2.0
I've started the book and was intrigued with the first few pages. Yet the stream of consciousness style writing left me feeling dizzy and confused when combined with South African politics and politicians. I will move on to the next short story in the series and see how it goes...
deea_bks's review against another edition
3.0
Some of these stories were brilliant. Others... well, I could not really get. I therefore have no idea how to rate this book: I would rate the stories I considered brilliant with a 5, but the others have no rating in my mind.
bibliocyclist's review
4.0
"It's easier for the former masters to put aside the masks that hid their humanity than for the former slaves to recognise the faces underneath. Or to trust that this is not a new mask these are wearing."
"Death is a blank mirror, emptied of all it has seen and shown."
"Death is a blank mirror, emptied of all it has seen and shown."
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