The Book of the Dead

by Kgebetli Moele

Overview

Khutso grows up poor in Masakeng. He studies hard, despite many distractions, and goes to the University of the North where he meets Pretty. Although she is scarred by her past relationships with men, the two fall in love and get married. Soon after, their son, Thapelo, is born. But there is no happily ever after here.

Even with her successful career, surrounded by beautiful things in her big house, Pretty is lonely. Their son seems to favour his father and Thapelo and Khutso seem to have their own secret club that she is not a part of. So Pretty has an affair. She contracts HIV and, filled with grief and despair, she commits suicide, leaving her husband infected with the disease...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780795702884
Publisher:	NB Publishers
Publication date:	09/01/2010
Pages:	172
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

KGEBETLI MOELE has been a writer since he started high school. He currently lives in Pretoria, and is studying through Unisa. Moele’s debut novel, Room 207, was published by Kwela Books in 2006. It was short-listed for the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize for Best First Book (Africa) in 2007. It was the joint-winner of the Herman Charles Bosman Prize for English fiction as well as joint-winner of the University of Johannesburg Prize for Creative Writing in the debut category. Room 207 also received an honorable mention in the English category of the M-Net Book Prize. It has been translated into French and Italian.