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Title: Fathers and Fugitives
Author: S J Naudé
ISBN: 9798889661375
Publisher: Europa Editions
Published: 2025
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 224
Publisher Description: <p><strong>"A masterly, hypnotic book I read in just two sittings."--Edmund White</strong></p><br><p><strong>A propulsive, enigmatic novel that moves fluidly between London, Germany, Belgrade, Cape Town, and Tokyo, <em>Fathers and Fugitives</em> is a formally inventive and emotionally charged book about fatherhood and family, loyalty and betrayal, inheritance, loss, and belonging. </strong></p><br><p>Estranged from his elderly, senile father, Daniel nonetheless returns to South Africa to care for him during his final months. Shortly after arriving in Cape Town, however, Daniel learns of an unusual clause in the old man's will: he will inherit his share of his father's estate only if he spends time with Theon, a cousin whom he hasn't seen since they were boys, and who lives on a sprawling farm in the Free State. With the conditions bearing on Daniel's inheritance shifting in real time, Theon and Daniel travel to Japan to seek out an experimental cure for the son of the woman Theon lives with. The trip will change their lives forever.</p><br><p>S.J. Naudé's masterful novel is many things at once: a literary page page-turner full of vivid, unexpected characters and surprising twists; a loving and at times shockingly raw portrayal of its protagonist's complex psyche; and a devastatingly subtle look into South Africa's fraught recent history. </p><br><p>"Coolly funny, frequently surprising and in parts almost overwhelming in its emotional force...One of the best novels of the year."--<strong><em>The Guardian</em></strong></p><br>
Author: S J Naudé
ISBN: 9798889661375
Publisher: Europa Editions
Published: 2025
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 224
Publisher Description: <p><strong>"A masterly, hypnotic book I read in just two sittings."--Edmund White</strong></p><br><p><strong>A propulsive, enigmatic novel that moves fluidly between London, Germany, Belgrade, Cape Town, and Tokyo, <em>Fathers and Fugitives</em> is a formally inventive and emotionally charged book about fatherhood and family, loyalty and betrayal, inheritance, loss, and belonging. </strong></p><br><p>Estranged from his elderly, senile father, Daniel nonetheless returns to South Africa to care for him during his final months. Shortly after arriving in Cape Town, however, Daniel learns of an unusual clause in the old man's will: he will inherit his share of his father's estate only if he spends time with Theon, a cousin whom he hasn't seen since they were boys, and who lives on a sprawling farm in the Free State. With the conditions bearing on Daniel's inheritance shifting in real time, Theon and Daniel travel to Japan to seek out an experimental cure for the son of the woman Theon lives with. The trip will change their lives forever.</p><br><p>S.J. Naudé's masterful novel is many things at once: a literary page page-turner full of vivid, unexpected characters and surprising twists; a loving and at times shockingly raw portrayal of its protagonist's complex psyche; and a devastatingly subtle look into South Africa's fraught recent history. </p><br><p>"Coolly funny, frequently surprising and in parts almost overwhelming in its emotional force...One of the best novels of the year."--<strong><em>The Guardian</em></strong></p><br>
