{"product_id":"mine-boy-9780571376414","title":"Mine Boy","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of the first ever African novels in English by a radical black South African writer: the 1946 classic of one boy's loves, friendships and political awakening as a mine worker in Johannesburg's slums.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The first African novel in English to draw international attention.\" -- \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The forerunner of an entire school of African literary art.\" -- \u003ci\u003e Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd the black man and the white were like two men alone in the world ....\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXuma will never forget the day he arrived in the Johannesburg slums: the charismatic woman who takes him in, the brutal police raids, the fights, friendships, dancing, drinking and romances - yet it soon feels like home. But when he becomes a leader in the city's gold mines, he is shocked by the racist treatment of the labourers. And as he begins to question whether 'man could be without colour', Xuma stages an act of defiance that changes his life forever . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1946, Peter Abrahams' classic novel \u003ci\u003eMine Boy\u003c\/i\u003e exposed South Africa's fledgling racial apartheid system and townships to the world - and its wisdom, vividness and political power endures to this day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat readers are saying: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Beautiful, memorable characters [I've] remembered since my childhood. These are the kind of stories that make the world better for having been written.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A seminal work of African fiction... Prose as unadorned as Solzhenitsyn or Hemingway.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I can still recall Xuma almost 20 years later ... A beautiful book.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An unsung gem, amazing ... Its simplicity makes the story such a dramatic tale.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780571376414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304","brand":"Peter Abrahams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42561874755765,"sku":"9780571376414","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9cd9bfc4-4c1e-4617-8fd6-2c17dc7f6d7f.jpg?v=1670942235","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mine-boy-9780571376414","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}