Felix Greenspan is South African, Jewish and the victim of cerebral palsy -- like Lionel Abrahams himself. Even ordinary, everyday accomplishments are difficult for him. He nearly drowns, he is bullied by other schoolboys, he is approached by purveyors of religion. He has his won heroes, and he finds love, rarely -- but he finds it, sometimes ...
These twenty chapters are stories generated during about years of Felix Greenspan's 'white life'. He is Johannesburg-born, Jewish, spastic. His father provides, his mother protects, but life, of course, impinges with a full share of claims and contingencies. From the first, there are glimmerings of Africa's otherness, promise and menace. Then, ...
Description: *Helping and promoting global literacy since 1961* #1-8, all published, faithfully produced facsimile reprint, illustrated, hardcover, very good. read more
Publisher: Distributed by Ravan Press
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780620022835ISBN:0620022833
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