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A. du Toit

A Blow to the Head

A History of Violence

A. du Toit

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English
Mathoko Books
24 July 2024
Political oppression & persecution
One summer morning, Cape Town academic Andries Du Toit remonstrates mildly with a white man who is being rude to a black waitress in the cafeteria of his local health club. A few weeks later he finds himself sprawled on his back with a fractured cheekbone, blood pooling in the back of his throat, the target of payback from one of the city's most feared gangsters. What just happened? Following the threads that radiate out from his personal experience of violence, Du Toit traces the events and the decisions that brought him to that fateful confrontation. What ensues is a journey of discovery that forces him to confront his own place and complicity in a country still traumatised by racial violence - and to ask/explore what is required by the work of healing and repair.
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Imprint:   Mathoko Books
Dimensions:   Height: 200mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   500g
ISBN:   9781991240255
ISBN 10:   1991240252
Pages:   120
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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