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Cargando... Moffie: A Novel (2006)por André Carl Van der Merwe
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. In apartheid-era South Africa, a sensitive young man has a hard time coming out as gay. His father is cruel to him, and he mandatory military service nearly breaks him. Just barely three stars in my book. Too much autobiography and not enough novel. What redeems the book from banality is its interesting pre-Mandela South African setting. "There's a certain tenderness to the writing that makes it all the more harrowing when that tenderness turns to the brutal sights of war." read more: http://likeiamfeasting.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/moffie-andre-carl-van-der-merwe.ht... Amazing, heartbreaking, wonderful fiction about a gay man in the South African military. It recounts the brutality of military life along with the incredible pain of being gay in a rigidly, militaristic and conservative culture. This book tore me apart and put me back together. A must-read! It's replaced Broken Glass Park as my favorite Europa. See my full review here: http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2012/01/review-moffie-by-andre-carl-van-der.htm... sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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A gay South African endures military conscription during the Angola Bush War in this autobiographical novel of persecution and hope--An "electrifying debut" (Shelf Awareness). Nicholas van der Swart always knew he was different, but to avoid the violent punishments that come with being gay in Apartheid South Africa, he has carefully kept his true self a secret. By the standards of his brutal father and the machismo culture of Afrikaners, "moffies" like him deserve nothing but scorn. Then, at nineteen years old, Nicholas is drafted into the South African army. He soon finds himself caught in a world entirely at odds with his identity, forced to fight for a cause he doesn't believe in. Here, he will face the hatred and violence of his tormenters, but will also experience his first glimmers of love, and finally find the strength to survive. A long overdue account of Apartheid South Africa's criminalization of homosexuality, André Carl van der Merwe's acclaimed debut novel is the basis for the critically acclaimed filmMoffie, directed by Oliver Hermanus. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The writing itself is relatively simple and easy to read, but the material itself is often dark and difficult. The book mostly focuses on Nicholas's army training, which is brutal. The men training the recruits seem to take pleasure in physically and psychologically abusing them to the point that it is borderline torture
This kind of book shows just how far LGBTQ+ rights have come in South Africa over the years. While I'm sure that people still have horrific experiences, this kind of behaviour is now very much illegal and people are protected. This is a book of gay pain and struggle that communicates its message incredibly well. I'm just glad it ends on a slightly more positive note as it looks as Nicholas's life after he leaves the struggles of the army. It's definitely a book I can recommend if you are interested in the experiences of gay men in the army (although hopefully things are much better now). ( )