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A Lesson From Aloes
Athol Fugard
Sorrows And Rejoicings
by Athol Fugard
What readers are saying
Readers appreciate the emotional depth and complexity of relationships in 'Sorrows And Rejoicings'. The interactions between the two women, after the death of a shared love, are described as poignant and beautifully crafted. Many enjoy the setting and themes of the play, especially its reflection on South African experiences.
Emotional depthComplex relationshipsPoignant interactionsLimited cultural contextSome found it slow
Synopsis
With lyrical grace, Fugard demonstrates the human struggle to transcend the treacherous injustices of history.
Sorrows and Rejoicings explores the legacy of Apartheid on two women—one white, the other Black—who on the surface seem to have little in common.
What they do share is love for the same man: a white poet who is attached to the semi-desert Karoo land of South Africa.
The drama moves between past and present, reliving the poet's despondent years in exile and his eventual return to a new South Africa, where he lives out his final years.
His passing leaves the two women struggling to reconcile the secrets of his past, and their hopes for a post-Apartheid South Africa.
Press Reviews
"Fugard's most magical, heartbreaking study of South Africa."
— The New York Post
"Eloquent, moving and piercingly sad...Athol Fugard's play is rich in moments of intense anguish."
— The New Yorker
Publication
PublisherSamuel French
Year2001
BindingPaperback
Edition1st
Pages96
PlaceNew York
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139781559362085
ISBN-101559362081
eISBN-139781559366939
LCCN2001045683
LCCPR9369.3.F8 S67 2002
DCC822/.914
Sorrows And Rejoicings is a African play written by Athol Fugard and published by Samuel French in New York (2001).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play (eISBN 9781559366939).
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