It has been a few days since the announcement that her novel, An Island, has been longlisted for the Booker prize, and the 38-year-old South African author looks as though she’s reeling. When I did finally get a small publisher in the UK and a small publisher in South Africa to co-publish, they couldn’t get anyone to review the book. “The most disheartening thing for me has been that there’s been no interest in my writing, or in publishing me, in South Africa,” she continues. I’m trying to understand South Africa, understand Africa, understand what my place in it is“There’s a big problem with the way that the rest of the world sees Africa. “I don’t really have an answer, I can only say that it’s never my intention to take away anyone’s voice.

Source: The Guardian August 05, 2021 07:52 UTC