The Love Diary of a Zulu Boy
Author | : Bhekisisa Mncube |
Publisher | : Penguin Random House South Africa |
Total Pages | : 163 |
Release | : 2018-04-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781776092819 |
ISBN-13 | : 1776092813 |
Rating | : 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The Love Diary of a Zulu Boy is by turns erotic, romantic, tragic and comic. Inspired by the real-life drama of a romance between a Zulu boy and an Englishwoman, the book consists of various interrelated short stories on interracial relationships in modern-day South Africa. As the author reflects on love across the colour line, it triggers memories of failed affairs and bizarre experiences: love spells, toxic masculinity, infidelity, sexually transmitted diseases, a phantom pregnancy, sexless relationships, threesomes and prostitution, to name but a few. A unique book for the South African market, The Love Diary of a Zulu Boy is written with an honesty rarely encountered in autobiographical writing.