Translated from Afrikaans by Michiel Heyns, S. J. Naudé’s arresting novel Fathers and Fugitives is aptly titled. Absent, flawed, or destructive fathers control the action of the five-part narrative in which sons respond in various ways to paternal actions. Similarly, throughout the book, fugitives from a range of homes and regions navigate the complicated terrain of geographical and psychological displacement.
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