Down Second Avenue: Growing Up in a South African Ghetto by Es'kia Mphahlele, Es'kia Mphahlele

Down Second Avenue: Growing Up in a South African Ghetto

Es'kia Mphahlele, Es'kia Mphahlele

222 pages first pub 1959 (editions)

nonfiction challenging reflective medium-paced
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Es’kia Mphahlele’s seminal memoir of life in apartheid South Africa—available for the first time in Penguin Classics   Nominated for the Nobel Prize in 1969, Es’kia Mphahlele is considered the Dean of African Letters and the father of black South...

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Moods

reflective 100%
informative 80%
inspiring 60%
emotional 40%
sad 40%
challenging 20%
dark 20%
funny 20%
hopeful 20%
lighthearted 20%

Pace

medium 75%
fast 25%

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