Fools and Other StoriesNdebele evokes South African township life with humor and subtlety in this novel. |
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... bottle . He was going to heal his mother . He tightened the bottle cap . Not a drop was to be lost . The boy passed the shops . Under a street lamp just a few feet from the gate into the beer hall was a gang of boys standing in a tight ...
... bottle . He was going to heal his mother . He tightened the bottle cap . Not a drop was to be lost . The boy passed the shops . Under a street lamp just a few feet from the gate into the beer hall was a gang of boys standing in a tight ...
Page 49
... bottles coming from where his dog had its kennel . Rex had jumped over the bottles , knocking some stones against them in ... bottle , shaking it many times with clean water . Finally , he filled it with water and wiped its outside clean ...
... bottles coming from where his dog had its kennel . Rex had jumped over the bottles , knocking some stones against them in ... bottle , shaking it many times with clean water . Finally , he filled it with water and wiped its outside clean ...
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... bottle with a brown liquid in it and offer it to Uncle . And Uncle would squat without putting me down , take the bottle , shake it and then drink . And soon Uncle would be smelling of sorghum . And there was the man who was polishing ...
... bottle with a brown liquid in it and offer it to Uncle . And Uncle would squat without putting me down , take the bottle , shake it and then drink . And soon Uncle would be smelling of sorghum . And there was the man who was polishing ...
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