Olufemi Terry - Wilderness of Mirrors
Set in South Africa, Olufemi Terry’s first novel is, on one level, a straightforward story of an affluent Creole man coming of age, but on another level, it is the story of a post-apartheid country where a lot of Whites have fled and left behind Creoles, Blacks, and some Whites, all of whom face an uncertain future, politically and economically. On this level, the story evokes the possibilities of what has happened and what still can happen in many countries in the world. It dramatizes the roles of the manipulators and the manipulated, as well as the vulnerabilities of the innocent and…
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