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An edition of Ways of dying (1995)

Ways of dying

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  • 53 Want to read
  • 5 Currently reading
  • 5 Have read

Ways of Dying is a 1995 novel by South African novelist and playwright Zakes Mda. The text follows the wanderings and creative endeavors of Toloki, a self-employed professional mourner, as he traverses an unnamed South African city during the nation's transitional period.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Pages
199

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Subjects
Blacks, Death, Fiction, Funeral rites and ceremonies, Grief, Weepers (Mourners), New York Times reviewed, Man-woman relationships, fiction, South africa, fiction, Blacks, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Man-woman relationships, Black people
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South Africa

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Cover of: Ways of Dying
Ways of Dying
September 1, 2004, Oxford University Press Southern Africa
Unknown Binding
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Ways of Dying
August 2002, Tandem Library
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Cover of: Ways of dying
Ways of dying: a novel
2002, Picador USA
in English - 1st Picador USA ed.
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Cover of: Ways of Dying (Southern African Writing)
Ways of Dying (Southern African Writing)
August 28, 1997, Oxford University Press Southern Africa
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Ways of dying
1995, Oxford University Press
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Published in
Cape Town, New York
Series
Southern African fiction writing
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823
Library of Congress
PR9369.3.M4 W39 1995, PR9369.3.M4W39 1995

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Pagination
199 p. ;
Number of pages
199

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL930711M
ISBN 10
0195711068
LCCN
95230909
OCLC/WorldCat
33322645
Library Thing
278335
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842553

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"'There are many ways of dying!'"

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