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Kopano Matlwa stole South Africa s heart with her debut novel Coconut With almost 25 000 sales this award winning title cemented her position as one of South Africa s bestselling authors With her follow up novel, Spilt Milk, Kopano continued to amaze us with her ability to intimately address complex political issues through relatable characters This year she brings us her best novel yet, Period Pain a compelling story about how the broken continue to survive In Period Pain she has poignantly captured the heartache and confusion of so many South Africans who feel defeated by the litany of headline horrors xenophobia, corrective rape, corruption and crime and for many the death sentence that is the public health nightmare Through this story we are able to reflect, to question and to rediscover our humanity Kopano is a brand in her own right, and to celebrate her latest release all three of her titles will be re branded and jacketed Look out for the epitome of BlackGirlMagic. Best Read [ Period Pain ] By [ Kopano Matlwa ] – kino-fada.fr 3.5 South Africa, the lingering effects of apartheid and the insubstantial condition of the public healthcare system is explored in this slim novel In a voice both raw and visceral, Masechaba, a young doctor writes in her journal, her thoughts, frustrations, insecurities, all addressed to God Divided into four parts the first explored her background, the reason she went into medicine Having attained her position she finds herself often not up the task of during people without enough resources 3.5 South Africa, the lin...Evening Primrose is the journal of Masechaba, a young doctor in South Africa She sometimes talks about her life the chronic endometriosis she suffered as a girl, her brother s death and sometimes about her work the sheer exhaustion of life as a junior intern, the guilt that accompanies her inability to conjure sympathy for every patient She writes in brief sketches, addresses her journal entries to God, and punctuates parts of her narrative with passages from the B...Oh lawd, the last time I read a book in a day was a while back It helped that it was a school day therefore had hours to dedicate, uninterrupted, to my reading of this book.Kopano Matlwa writes with a maturity which veils her age Instead of this trait disguising her true nature, it reveals herself to the reader Herself Her inner being Her perceptual self.I d read 2 of her books previously, The Coconut and Spilt Milk I wasn t so taken by The Coconut Felt that the protagonist was too Oh lawd, the last time I read a book in a day was a while back It helped that it was a school day t...Immigration is such a heated political topic in Britain especially since the Brexit vote last year that it s interesting to consider how other countries have experienced waves of anti immigration sentiments in recent times Kopano Matlwa s Evening Primrose is set in a post apartheid South Africa where a growing wave of xenophobia causes an especially brutal period of cruelty and violence against foreigners Not only are Zimbabweans, Nigerians, Somalis and Chinese immigrants targeted, but t Immigration is such a heated political topic in Britain especially since the Brexit vote last year that it s interesting to consider how other countries have experienced waves of anti immigration sentiments in recent times Kopano Matlwa s Evening Primrose is set in a post apartheid South Africa where a growing wave of xenophobia causes an especially brutal period of cruelty and violence against foreigners Not only are Zimbabweans, Nigerians, Somalis and Chinese immigrants targeted, but those who support them are derided, threatened and attacked The novel is written as a series of journal entries by a good hearted, but conflicted young woman named Masechaba When the novel opens she s just graduated from medical school and she s quickly introduced to how harsh it is working within South Africa s healthcare system Her feelings of frustration are exasperated by suffering from depression and the grief of recently ...Thank you so much to Quercus for providing my free copy of EVENING PRIMROSE by Kopano Matlwa all opinions are my own.What I love most about this book is the writing style It s raw, powerful, interesting, and very much human Masechaba is a doctor in South Africa who details her life in her journal, and it is that journal that we have the pleasure of reading This is a very short novel but with a really big impact I felt as if I was reading someone s mind, very much how I felt when I read Go Thank you so much to Quercus for providing my free copy of EVENING PRIMROSE by Kopano Matlwa all opinions are my own.What I love most about this book is the writing style It s raw, powerful, interesting, and very much human Masechaba is a doctor in South Africa who details her life in her journal, and it is that journal that we have the pleasure of reading This is a very short novel but with a really big impact I felt as if I was reading someone s mind, very much how I felt when I read Go Ask Alice decades ago And just like that book, I picked this one up and didn t put down until I finished When she talks about her brother, and close to the end of the book, I couldn t help but get very emotional.Masechaba describes what it s like being a doctor, being overworked in a s...4.5 stars book blog reviewMatlwa s first person narrator has a strong voice which I liked but this short, almost abbreviated story feels underwritten and lacking in freshness There s no real sense of post Apartheid South Africa, and horrific distressing events are told in a mundane, pedestrian, unemphatic way Now, I often like emotional restraint in a book rather than lurid hand wringing but this merely feels undifferentiated from many many other books that follow a similar narrative arc view spoiler of rape and v Matlwa s first person narrator has a ...A well written, harrowing story set within the claustrophobic confines of a young black female doctor s consciousness and harried work environment as postapartheid South Africa descends into xenophobic violence I didn t end up liking the novel, though ...A bloody novel I swear i smelt and saw blood as I read on Moreover the setting is mainly at a hospital Matlwa uses her intense , unpredictable and painful menstrual circle as an effective metaphor to portray devastating socio economical and political situations within a transitioning post democratic South Africa.The format is in personal diary form wherein the main character, Masechaba is brutally honest and pours her raw emotions out At times questioning God, Jesus, and her ancestors In A bloody novel I swear i smelt and saw blood as I read on Moreover the setting is mainly at a hospital Matlwa uses her intense , unpredictable and painful menstrual circle as an effective metaphor to portray devastating socio economical and political situations within a transitioning post democratic South Africa.The format is in personal diary form wherein the main character, Masechaba is brutally honest and pours her raw emotions out At times questioning God, Jesus, and her ancestors In her journals she speaks extensively of her mom, deceased brother Tshiamo, Zimbabwen friend Nyasha, and her aunt Petunia.We follow the journey of a newly qualified, hopeful and motivated Black female medical doctor Her horrific experience in a public health care set up become a shock to her sysyem A stark contrast from her lived protected middle class life of private...Wow I need time to unpack this story.

Period Pain
  • English
  • 13 February 2018
  • Paperback
  • 188 pages
  • Kopano Matlwa
  • Period Pain