Playing In The Light by Zoe Wicomb

Playing In The Light by Zoe Wicomb

Marion Campbell runs a travel agency but hates travelling. In post-apartheid Cape Town, she must negotiate the complexities of a knotty relationship with Brenda, her first black employee. Caught in the narrow world of private interests and self-advancement, Marion eschews national politics until the Truth and Reconciliation Commission finds information that brings into question not only her family's past but her identity and place in contemporary South African society.

"Post-apartheid South Africa is indeed a new world. . . With this novel, Wicomb proves a keen guide."
—New York Times

"Delectable. . . . Wicomb's prose is as delightful and satisfying in its culmination as watching the sun set over the Atlantic Ocean."
—Christian Science Monitor

"[A] thoughtful, poetic novel."
—The Times (London)

"Deep and subtle. . . . This tight, dense novel gives complex history a human face."
—Kirkus

Zoë Wicomb (1948–2025) was a South African writer living in Glasgow, Scotland, where she was emeritus professor at the University of Strathclyde. She is the author of Still Life, October, The One That Got Away, and Playing in the Light, all published by The New Press, as well as You Can’t Get Lost in Cape Town and David’s Story. She was an inaugural winner of the Windham-Campbell Prize in fiction.

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ISBN 13	9781595582218
ISBN 10	1595582215
Title	Playing In The Light
Author	Zoe Wicomb
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The New Press
Year published	2008-04-17
Number of pages	224
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