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Tag Archives: illness

Book review: The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut (South Africa)

Moral uncertainties abound in this excellent novel by Booker-winning South African author Damon Galgut

Posted byimogen5th Jan 2023Posted inUncategorizedTags: africa, books, Damon Galgut, fiction, illness, south africa, The Good Doctor1 Comment on Book review: The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut (South Africa)

Review no 144: Supa Modo – a movie from Kenya

Emotionally intense Kenyan “family film”

Posted byimogen22nd Mar 2021Posted infilmTags: africa, childhood, drama, family, illness, kenya, likarion wainaina, movie, sub-saharan Africa, supa modo3 Comments on Review no 144: Supa Modo – a movie from Kenya

Review no 109: The Sickness by Alberto Barrera Tyszka (Venezuela)

Mordantly humorous and thoughtful short novel from a Venezuelan writer

Posted byimogen13th Oct 202013th Oct 2020Posted inbookTags: americas and the caribbean, family, illness, venezuela2 Comments on Review no 109: The Sickness by Alberto Barrera Tyszka (Venezuela)

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