Rosa's District 6

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Fiction. South African studies. In Cape Town's Division 6, despite the brutality of apartheid laws, the lives of people go on. In these five connected stories, the central character is a precocious little girl called Rosa. Through her adventures in the neighborhood we come to meet and know the many colorful inhabitants - Mamma Zila, Auntie Flowers, Mrs Hood and Uncle Peter - and their confusing, enigmatic lives, and all too human quirks. "A writer in our midst with radical style and uncommon courage. The ability to engage the reader passionately in her narrator's experiences, which she demonstrates ... makes Maart a writer to watch" - The Ottawa Citizen.