this is not about sadness

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this is not about sadness
Zwei Generationen, zwei Kulturen – der beschwerliche Weg einer Freundschaft. In this is not about sadness folgen wir der Rentnerin Norma Thompson, die sich aus dem Leben zurückgezogen hat und nur dem Treiben vor ihrer Wohnung in Nord London zuschaut. Eines Tages zieht die junge Südafrikanerin Tebo nebenan ein. Es entwickelt sich eine Freundschaft voller Konflikte, die erst in ihrer Tiefe besiegelt wird, als sie gegenseitig ihre Vergangenheit und deren emotionale Folgen anerkennen. Es öffnet sich ein Ort, an dem ihre Unterschiede Möglichkeiten der Heilung und Verbundenheit bergen. In this is not about sadness, an unlikely friendship between two complex and traumatised London-based women, one an older Jamaican, the other a young South African, is explored through each character’s use of specific language to relate to space, memory and silence. The lyrical dual-narration allows vernacular language to shape the structure and flow, echoing call-and-response modes familiar to international storytelling traditions. The novel follows pensioner Mrs. Thompson’s and young activist Tebo’s developing friendship and the problems that arise due to their different views on political issues. Their conflictive personalities make for an unusual pair and both carry unspoken trauma. When Tebo cries one day to offer empathy for Mrs. Thompson’s pain, the silence is broken. Their bond is sealed through the acknowledgment of the other’s pain, the personal histories arrive in a space where understanding difference creates possibility for healing and alliance.

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ISBN: 9783897716025

Language: English

Publication date: 15.10.2010

Number of pages: 112

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