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The reactive
Includes bibliographical references.
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2014
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| author | Ntshanga, Masande |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10592 The reactive Ntshanga, Masande Creative Writing Includes bibliographical references. Lindanathi Mda works a dead end job at a video store and runs an operation selling ARV's with his friends, Carmichael and Linireaux. He is tormented by the memory of having contributed to his younger brother Luthando's death. He lives a life of evasion, taking drugs and a substance called Industrial in Cape Town's suburbs, until he receives a message from Bhut' Vuyo, Luthando's step-father, which reminds him of a promise he made to their family eight years ago. While old wounds resurface, Lindanathi is faced with the decision of continuing a life of evasion or returning home and facing the responsibility that comes with everything he left behind. "The Reactive' is a novel that seeks to explore the implications of an increasingly technologized society coming to a head with more traditionally based ideas of place and identity, as well as the idea of forming a "self" based on an unreliable memory, and a continually compromised process of mentation, due to the proliferation of ephemeral media forms and chemical abuse. 2014-12-30T19:41:26Z 2014-12-30T19:41:26Z 2013 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10592 eng application/pdf Department of English Language and Literature Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Creative Writing Ntshanga, Masande The reactive |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | The reactive |
| title_full | The reactive |
| title_fullStr | The reactive |
| title_full_unstemmed | The reactive |
| title_short | The reactive |
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| topic | Creative Writing |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10592 |
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