Loud and Yellow Laughter

Sindiswa Busuku-Mathese

Description

Sindiswa Busuku-Mathese�s debut collection of poetry Loud and Yellow Laughter, published by Botsotso, was awarded the 2018 Ingrid Jonker prize for poetry. Busuku Mathese�s entry was described by one judge as �completely original: the presentation of family history as a play, in which the narrator is an unreliable character�. The poet was praised for the �the mix of WW2 history, the narrator�s dilemmas about being adopted, and the way she manages to weave these together without ever losing her balance or falling into incongruity�. Another judge highlighted how Busuku Mathese�s �memoir in the form of a collage� offers fragments in several voices, some of them �reconstructed�. [The collection] �movingly reflects the quest of the �The Girl Child�, as intimate �curator� of family memory and experience, to integrate the surprising puzzle that is her current self�. The original version of this collection was written as part of the poet�s Master�s thesis in Creative Writing at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. A collection of 39 pieces, some mystical and elliptical, some seemingly mundane snatches of prose-poetry that retain a poetic intensity, together they create an atmosphere of nostalgia tinged with a subtle yet matter-of-fact sadness. Accompanied by a series of graphic images, made up of old photographic portraits and scenes of natural beauty.

Sujets

• Littérature Africaine
• Littérature Africaine
• Poetry
• African

Informations

• Publié par: Botsotso Publishing
• Date de parution: 23 décembre 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781990922237
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

LoudandYellowLaughter

Sindiswa Busuku-Mathese

Published by Botsotso in 2016

Box 30952 Braamfontein 2017 South Africa

email: [e-mail] website: www. botsotso.org.za

© in the text Sindiswa BusukuMathese © in the text images Sindiswa BusukuMathese

ISBN 9780981420585

Dividing photographs, cover and text design: Vivienne Preston

Where was I

Contents

Minor Characters

Scene І

Porcupine Man

Soldier’s Name and Description

3

6

1

Two Small Burning Hands

Brothers

Next of Kin

Nude #1

Scene ІІ

6

3

2

3

3

3

1931

Detail of Personal Size Garments

1944

1

4

5

1

Nude #3

A Fragment of Mother

Nude #2

Dad Sings Me A-Tisket A-Tasket

Birth

Mother’s Lyric

Major Characters

9

3

38

1

7

1

1

0

28

26

1

9

3

2

2

2

Father: On Gravel Trails

7

3

Mother’s Diary (1988- 1989)

5

Blue Voices

Bury Theme

Interview

Grey Voices

Scene ІV

Now

Virginia Beach

Stone Wall

The Used Car Salesman

Lost

Sobriety and Grief

Father: On Being A Husband

4

Portrait of A Mother and Indiscretion

6

6

0

7

5

I Asked My Father Who He Was

Polaroid Snaps

Scene ІІІ

Sheila She was a Friend of Mine

58

7

1

9

6

62

6

6

3

8

4

Little Girl Portraits

6

7

4

4

8

9

Funerals

Sometimes

2

5

Gartner

Visiting

Trade

5

6

7

70

69

1

Five Hooks in Air

My Skin is Thinning

5

4

3

4

6

4

Scene І Where was I

5

C

H

A

R

AC

MAJOR:

T

E

RS

THE MOTHER:Also known as The Woman or Addie. Mother of The Girl Child. Married twice but not to The Father. She has divorced The Gambler.

THE FATHER:Also known as The Man or Carter. Brother of Leonard. Estranged son of Miriam. Ex-husband to Mary (it is said). Estranged from their daughter “S”. Adoptive father of The Girl Child. Parenting partner of The Mother.

THE GIRL CHILD:Daughter of The Mother. Adopted by The Father. Unfamiliar with “S” and The Gambler. The Father’s family is only known in black and white. The Girl Child will not say why she fears Uncle Bob.

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