{"product_id":"ways-of-dying-9780312420918","title":"Ways of Dying","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the M-Net Book Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the CNA and Noma Awards \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWays of Dying\u003c\/i\u003e, Zakes Mda's acclaimed first novel, Toloki is a \"professional mourner\" in a vast and violent city of the new South Africa. Day after day he attends funerals in the townships, dressed with dignity in a threadbare suit, cape, and battered top hat, to comfort the grieving families of the victims of the city's crime, racial hatred, and crippling poverty. At a Christmas day funeral for a young boy Toloki is reunited with Noria, a woman from his village. Together they help each other to heal the past, and as their story interweaves with those of their acquaintances this elegant short novel provides a magical and painful picture of South Africa today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWays of Dying \u003c\/i\u003ewas awarded South Africa's prestigious M-Net Book Prize, awarded by the TV channel M-Net to books written in one of South Africa's official languages, and was shortlisted for the Central News Agency (CNA) Award and the Noma Award, an Africa-wide prize founded by Shoichi Noma, onetime president of Kodansha International.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312420918\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2002 pg. 909\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePW Notes and Reprints\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/12\/2002 pg. 277\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2002 pg. 1923\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/11\/2002 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/16\/2003 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQbr the Black Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2003 pg. 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2003 pg. 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/12\/2002\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Zakes Mda","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635870363804,"sku":"9780312420918","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_25b9321d-125b-42ce-b73a-938758ad1ac8.jpg?v=1603840751","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ways-of-dying-9780312420918","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}