Small Circle of Beings

Small Circle of Beings by Damon Galgut


ISBN
9781782396314
Published
Binding
Paperback
Pages
224
Dimensions
128 x 194 x 14mm

An exquisite early work by the twice Man Booker-shortlisted Damon Galgut, 'a novelist of great and growing power' (Rian Malan).

Damon Galgut's first collection of stories transports us to 1980s South Africa where politics begins at home.

The family - that small circle of beings where love should flourish - can be an arid and alienating territory where hatred and violence may ignite. The title novella is set in a house far out of town, at the end of a dust road that rises up into the mountains. The desperate bondage of family life is revealed to a mother as she sits at her son's bedside where he lies sick, perhaps dying. Galgut's understated prose unpicks the emotional paradoxes of family life with a surprising, surreal twist.

In a world where some of the most intimate relationships are those between strangers, Small Circle of Beings describes how children must learn to pull away from their parents if they are to find their own way.
22.99


This product is unable to be ordered online. Please check in-store availability.
Small Circle of Beings is Out of Print

Other Titles by Damon Galgut

The Promise
22.99
22.99
_% Off
Arctic Summer
24.99
24.99
_% Off
The Impostor
24.99
24.99
_% Off

You might also like

Tenderfoot
32.99
24.99
24% Off
Fly Away Peter
24.99
24.99
_% Off
If We Were Villains
16.99
16.99
_% Off
Whirlwind
24.99
24.99
_% Off
Vineland
24.99
24.99
_% Off
On Chesil Beach
24.99
24.99
_% Off
The End Of The Affair
19.99
19.99
_% Off
The Shadow of Perseus
24.99
24.99
_% Off
Eucalyptus
22.99
22.99
_% Off
Power Without Glory
24.99
24.99
_% Off
Shipping News
24.99
24.99
_% Off
Home
24.95
24.95
_% Off
The Hours
22.99
22.99
_% Off

RRP refers to the Recommended Retail Price as set out by the original publisher at time of release.
The RRP set by overseas publishers may vary to those set by local publishers due to exchange rates and shipping costs.
Due to our competitive pricing, we may have not sold all products at their original RRP.