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      Mating Birds

      by Lewis Nkosi
      Published
      Feb 1986
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      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      184
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      The story of a young South African black man obsessed with an English girl whom he encounters on the segregated Durban beachfront is told from the narrator's prison cell in this classic African novel. Although no words are exchanged, a connection develops between the two mismatched lovers, leading to an intense and ambiguous sexual encounter. He is charged with rape and receives the death sentence. Reconstructing his own history, his obsession with the girl, and his court proceedings, the narrator offers a powerful examination of the warped racial morality and brutality of apartheid.

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      Jan 1987 HarperCollins ISBN 0060970855
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      Sep 2004 Kwela Books ISBN 0795701713
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      First Edition Feb 1986 St. Martin's ISBN 0312522959
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