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Tsotsi

  • Athol Fugard

4.33

3 ratings

Set amidst the sprawling Johannesburg township of Soweto, where survival is the primary objective, this novel traces six days in the life of a ruthless young gang leader. Confronted with memories of his own painful childhood, this angry young man begins to rediscover his own humanity, dignity and capacity to love.

Genres

  • Criminals
  • Fiction
  • Infants
  • Literature
  • Fiction, general
  • Criminals, fiction
  • South africa, fiction
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About the author

  • Athol Fugard

    born 1932

    3.86

    14 ratings · 99 works

Editions

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    1. Auflage

    Diogenes

    2006

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    Grove Press

    January 27, 2006

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    Random House

    1980

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    1st American ed.

    Random House

    1980

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Ad. Donker

1980

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    1st Grove Press ed.

    Grove Press

    2006

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    Canongate Books

    2009

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    New Ed edition

    Penguin (Non-Classics)

    September 29, 1983

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    Rex Collings

    1980

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    Penguin (Non-Classics)

    September 29, 1983