The Alphabet of Birds - Naudé, S. J.
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If death comes to a loved one, can we grieve alone? A musician travels the world to see her siblings after their mother's death before returning to her plundered home in Johannesburg; a South African trails his gay lover through Berlin's party scene looking for an antidote to his successful but boring career. Everyone is facing their greatest loss. In The Alphabet of Birds, SJ Naudé has created an ambitious and nuanced collection that explores a range of subcultures; artistic and gay communities; the tensions between the Afrikaans characters' deracinated lives in Europe and their continuing connection to their country and their language.…mehr

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If death comes to a loved one, can we grieve alone? A musician travels the world to see her siblings after their mother's death before returning to her plundered home in Johannesburg; a South African trails his gay lover through Berlin's party scene looking for an antidote to his successful but boring career. Everyone is facing their greatest loss.
In The Alphabet of Birds, SJ Naudé has created an ambitious and nuanced collection that explores a range of subcultures; artistic and gay communities; the tensions between the Afrikaans characters' deracinated lives in Europe and their continuing connection to their country and their language.
Autorenporträt
SJ Naudé grew up in South Africa, where he studied law. After practising law in New York and London for many years, he returned to South Africa for a master's degree in creative writing. The Afrikaans edition of The Alphabet of Birds has won several prizes including the University of Johannesburg Debut Prize and a South African Literary Award. He was awarded the 2014 Jan Rabie & Marjorie Wallace Writing Scholarship, the largest award for creative writing in South Africa. Naudé currently lives in Cape Town.