Growing Up in White South Africa - Brossura

Herrington, Dr Neville John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1539786145 ISBN 13: 9781539786146

Casa editrice: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Riassunto

Growing up in ‘WHITE’ South Africa” is a delightful journey back into the past that brings alive an era that should resonate with those who lived through it, and fascinate those that didn’t. The author captures the sounds, smells, nuances, events and special characteristics of a post war age that remain etched in his memory. His poignant recounting of the period of his youth against the background of a world that was rapidly undergoing change both at home and abroad, is imbued with touches of humour that comes with a retrospective environment of his early youth, to adventures in the Rhodesian bushveld after leaving school, and then onto London at the height of the Beat era in the late 50’s, eventually returning to South Africa and University life in the swinging 60’s, where his membership of an eccentric literary sect called the ‘druids’ contrasts with his political activities as an executive member of the student representative council, and NUSAS that challenged the draconian laws of apartheid. Threading through all this are the many romantic relationships that earned him, much to his consternation, the reputation of being somewhat of a Casanova until he meets the person with whom he is destined to continue the next stage of his life’s journey...

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Author's Note: This story of a middle-class white South African family unfolds between the years 1939 and 1964 – a transformative period in South Africa’s political landscape. It is the recounting of my experiences and my rite of passage into a country of racial segregation that gradually opens my eyes to the many injustices imposed upon the majority of the country’s population, coupled with a realization that my white privileges are sustained at the brutal expense of others. The narrative is a romping journey through the adventures of post-war youth searching for self-identity in a rapidly changing world. It is also a spiritual journey and a breakaway from religious bigotry and prejudice. It is very funny, romantic and adventurous with many young people expressing greater sexual freedom than their parents and grandparents, as they enter an increasingly technological age where the stars are now the limit. The reader is introduced to a tapestry of many fascinating characters reflecting the social and political milieu of the time. To sanitize the vulgarity of its protagonist and his friends in their sometimes wild behavior and language, would be an injustice to the reality of their varied experiences, immature and lacking in discernment as they were at times. As the narration is told in the first person, the storyteller concedes that his account of the people and events recorded may find contradiction and correction in the memory of others who were also there at the time, but that is the nature of any shared experience.

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• Editore: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1539786145
• ISBN 13: 9781539786146
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 662