{"product_id":"9781960803009","title":"City of Kings trilogy bundle","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" open sans sans-serif color: rgb\u003eFrom 2022 Windham Campbell Prize winner Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, the complete collection of her multiple award-winning City of Kings trilogy, including \u003ci\u003eThe Theory of Flight\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe History of Man\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e The Quality of Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" open sans sans-serif color: rgb\u003e“Perhaps the most monumental trilogy to come out of Southern Africa” (Afrocritik)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" open sans sans-serif color: rgb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Theory of Flight\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" open sans sans-serif color: rgb background-color:\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" open sans sans-serif color: rgb\u003eNdlovu sketches decades of history in an unnamed Southern African nation through the story of Imogen “Genie” Zula Nyoni, who lies in a coma after battling a long illness. As loved ones struggle to come to terms with their impending loss, Ndlovu recounts the lives of Genie’s forebears from colonial occupation through the freedom struggle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" open sans sans-serif color: rgb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe History of Man\u003c\/i\u003e, Ndlovu \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" open sans sans-serif color: rgb\u003etakes an excursion into the interiority of the colonizer. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" open sans sans-serif letter-spacing:\u003eEmil Coetzee, a civil servant in his fifties, is left unmoored by the end of his country’s civil war. His journey from boyhood to manhood, and the changes that befall him through love, loss, and war, will leave a path of bloodshed in his wake.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" open sans sans-serif color: rgb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Quality of Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e, Spokes Moloi, the first black chief inspector in the City of Kings, investigates the possible murder of Emil Coetzee, the notorious head of the Organization of Domestic Affairs. In examining Emil’s disappearance, Spokes has one last opportunity to solve the decades-old murder case that determined \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" open sans sans-serif color: rgb\u003eboth the path of his life and destiny of his country.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" open sans sans-serif color: rgb\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu","offers":[{"title":"Catalyst Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-09-15","offer_id":44230044156159,"sku":"9781960803009","price":59.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_08896087-ded5-4359-b235-5f9fee76f326.jpg?v=1692991844","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781960803009","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}