Double Vision
Published on 31. January 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
76 pages
978-1-84299-100-8 (ISBN)
Description
Set in South Africa, these two powerful and thought-provoking stories - "Mr Naidoo's Hundredth Birthday" and "Somone Else's Skin", are narrated by Basil, a Jewish white boy who contrasts the beauty of South Africa with the ugliness of a political system rooted in hatred. Barrington Stoke specialise in books for reluctant, struggling and dyslexic readers.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Target group
Children/juvenile
Young adult
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 130 mm
Weight
96 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84299-100-8 (9781842991008)
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Person
Norman Silver was born in Cape Town in 1946 and came to England to escape army training under the apartheid regime. His fiction has been translated into many languages has had many books published. No Tigers in Africa was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and won the Blue Cobra Award in 1990. He lives in Colchester.