Hmph! Tsotsi has no other name he can remember and is nothing but a tsotsi in the truest sense of the word.
Oh well! The setting of his plays is contemporary South Africa, but the bleakness and frustrations of life they present, especially for those on the fringes of society, raise the plays to the level of universal human tragedy.
I was prompted to read the novel after seeing the emotionally and exciting movie upon which it was based (one of my top 100 films and I've seen thousands). The story is beautifully crafted and the imagery is heartbreaking. 2 114 0 Summary Tsotsi traces six days in the life of a ruthless gang leader. January 27th 2006 The writing is economical, moody, penetratingly accurate, and reveals a writer at the threshold of greatness. I read it after I saw the movie. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Boston acts as a catalyst for Tsotsi’s search for god.
Brilliant. Confronted with memories of his own painful childhood, this angry young man begins to rediscover his own humanity, dignity and capacity to love. “To know nothing about yourself is to be constantly in danger of nothingness, those voids of non-being over which a man walks the tightrope of his life.”. But if you’re a casual reader of dread and... To see what your friends thought of this book. Very powerful! Hugely disappointing based on the plaudits that come with it. This is written in such a honest way, but adding a strange beauty to it through Fugard’s writing style.
The novel is set in a slum outside of Johannesburg during Apartheid.
You may send this item to up to five recipients. This is the “name” of Athol Fugard’s young protagonist. When Athol was getting his degree in creative writing I'm pretty sure all his professor taught him was types of imagery.
“Tsotsi” is the Afrikaans word for young thugs who rule the township streets of South Africa. This kind of writing should be studied by any South African wri. http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/New_York_City> ; http:\/\/id.loc.gov\/vocabulary\/countries\/nyu> ; http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/197075375#Place\/south_africa> ; http:\/\/id.worldcat.org\/fast\/972103> ; http:\/\/id.worldcat.org\/fast\/883516> ; http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/197075375#Topic\/criminals> ; http:\/\/dewey.info\/class\/823.914\/e22\/> ; http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/197075375#Topic\/infants> ; http:\/\/id.worldcat.org\/fast\/1204616> ; http:\/\/worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/id\/197075375> ; http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/607764215> ; http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/606139860> ; http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/-\/oclc\/63278048#PublicationEvent\/new_york_grove_press_2006> ; http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/197075375#Agent\/grove_press> ; http:\/\/worldcat.org\/isbn\/9780802142689> ; http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/-\/oclc\/63278048> ; http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/New_York_City>, http:\/\/dewey.info\/class\/823.914\/e22\/>, http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/197075375#Agent\/grove_press>, http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/197075375#Place\/south_africa>, http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/197075375#Topic\/criminals>. About Us. Not sure - possibly patronised by the writer or maybe have some feeling of gratitude that he, at least, tried to put something of the township experience in novel form. Born in Middelburg, South Africa, in 1932, Athol Fugard has been working in the theatre as a playwright, director and actor since the mid-fifties.
We’d love your help. At the end of the novel Tsotsi seeks Boston out and cares for him in order to try and discover answers to similar questions that Boston was asking earlier. I watched the movie first which had significant plot changes from the book, though many scenes were similar. Anger at how cruel apartheid was. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. So he chooses to rename himself “Tsotsi” and he embodies all the qualities of the worst. I think the interesting and somewhat startling choice of events was very powerful and eye-opening to the horrors of apartheid. I know Fugard only as a playwright but this is quite extraordinarily good prose. This writer was the one who turned on my interest in African literature. 2. Tsotsi. ‘Tsotsi’ is an Afrikaans term for a hoodlum or a gangster, and this astonishing lost masterpiece, the only novel Fugard ever wrote, follows a gang of young men who have turned to crime in a desperate attempt to survive on the streets of 1950s Sophiatown. Both Excellent too and disturbing in their truth. This is a marvellous book. I mainly could not understand how the main character could change so drastically in such a short span of time.
Get this from a library! The novel was engrossing, taking me into the impoverished townships of South Africa before Apartheid and showing the brutality and hopelessness that apartheid generated. Copyright © 2000-document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., or related companies. This was one of my school literature books.
We are led to believe this is a story about redemption but to be honest the protagonist does not change all that much and can't even take credit in my opinion for the main act of for which he is applauded. The ending would not have occurred to me at first as a way. The leader of the group has taken on the name Tsotsi, after his childhood trauma leaves him with no memory of who he is, or where he comes from.
Sadly, Athol Fugard ruined a perfectly witty idea for a book with a a terrible writing structure. You can easily create a free account. This book covers 6 days in the life of a young gang leader in the township of Soweto. His recent works are Exits and Entrances (2004), Booitjie and the Oubaas (2006), Victory (2007), Coming Home (2009), Have you seen Us (2009), and The Train Driver (2010). It is also similar to the stories of the "Garri Boys" of West African cities; Young men who lost their tribal customs and values when they were abandoned in or migrated to the cities.
Stylistically the book is also a bit of a mess particularly towards the end where Fugard appears to have crowbarred in a) a conversation in achurchyard that comes totally out of nowhere and b)an unremarka. His wife, Sheila Fugard, and their daughter, Lisa Fugard, are also writers. Harold Athol Lannigan Fugard (b. June 11, 1932, Middelburg, South Africa), better known as Athol Fugard, is a South African playwright, actor, and director. High Schools, Colleges and persons who like to think about humaninty and the conscience.
The E-mail Address(es) you entered is(are) not in a valid format. Oh really? Finished reading this now, waiting for students at school to catch up! This was an amazing book - fascinating historically because of its insights into life in South Africa under Apartheid, but so much more than that too from a literary perspective.
Please enter recipient e-mail address(es). So much is left unsaid that each reader will fill in the gaps based on his or her own judgements and perspective. Tried 10+ years later and couldn't finish.
In the Johannesburg township of Soweto, a young black gangster in South Africa, who leads a group of violent criminals, slowly discovers the meaning of compassion, dignity, and his own humanity. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account.
I feel like the smile was a symbol for something but I honestly could not identify what it meant. Robber. This book was great! Tsotsi, (literally "thug") is the novel's anti-hero. The E-mail Address(es) field is required. I think the interesting and somewhat startling choice of events was very powerful and eye-opening to the horrors of apartheid.
The depiction of characters across the spectrum, during a strained period of South African social and political intercourse, is perceptive and thoroughly engaging. Lowlife. Well written.
Everything is in some way connected to the story. I had long meant to read it and am really pleased I finally got to it. While totally absorbed in the main character, Tsotsi, a young township thug, I found the the outcome of his life ending too abruptly. You may have already requested this item.
Tsotsi (2005) is a life-affirming, if raw, coming-of-age story that boldly confronts the legacy of Apartheid and Africa's present struggle to overcome poverty and crime. Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers.
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