“A Place Where Dreams Come to Die”: Perfect Hlongwane Debuts with Jozi

This novel collection by first-time author Perfect Hlongwane offers a biting portrait of inner-city Jo’burg, “a place where dreams come to die”.

Written as a series of interlinked stories centring around an eclectic ensemble of characters, Jozi conjures for readers a city both familiar and surprising.

With its vein of painful self-examination, evocative sense of place and unflinching exploration of the rawer aspects of Jo’burg living, it brings to mind the impact of cult literary figures like Dambudzo Marechere and Phaswane Mpe.

About the author

Perfect Hlongwane has lectured English at the University of the Witwatersrand and currently works as an independent editing consultant in Johannesburg and Lecturer in Communication at Varsity College.

Book details

• Jozi by Perfect Hlongwane
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  EAN: 9781869142261
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