Bøker av Farouk Asvat

- FAROUK ASVAT is the winner of the Vita Literary Award for his anthology, "A Celebration of Flames". § THIS MASQUERADE by FAROUK ASVAT contents: The Barrier Forgiveness Piet Bahia Kaaperi This Masquerade Sunday Morning Haircut From A Corner A Life Come True Set in Johannesburg and Cape Town in the heydays of apartheid, these stories act as a compendium to Farouk Asvat's novels and poems. These short stories are in addition to the stories in: ● The Gathering Of The Storm &● The Paanies Are Coming- § Farouk Asvat is a novelist, poet, translator & medical doctor, banned by the apartheid regime. § He was awarded the VITA Literary Award fo his anthology, "A Celebration Of Flames". § He was an Amnesty International "Prisoner of Conscience"; awarded the Fulbright Scholarship to the University of California at Berkeley; the EOC Scholarship to the Vrije Universiteit in the Netherlands; the University of Cape Town Health Care Trust Scholarship; and the Kwanzaa Honors Certificate by the Africa Network. § He qualified as a medical doctor at the University of the Witwatersrand, and worked at various community clinics and hospitals. § His poems, short stories and essays have been published in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Turkey, Switzerland, Netherlands, France, Germany, England and South Africa. § His poems have been translated into French, German, Dutch, Portuguese, and Turkish. § He has read his poems at numerous community venues in South Africa and abroad. § He has freelanced as a journalist, columnist and art critic for various newspapers. - all his books are now available on amazon: in paperback & kindle @ https: //www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat

WEAPONS OF WORDS (c) Farouk Asvat Authentic literature is the bloodbeat of contemporary society. It transmits the pains and laughter of the writer's environment. It alerts against violations of the Truth. Literature does not develop in a void. It is a transformation of the reality into an artform, utilizing the dialects of the time; getting its shape, direction and field of concern from the social, political and economic forces that interact in a particular society. The creative writer is the conscience of the people, the interpreter of his society. ... ___________________________________________________________________________ contents: WEAPONS OF WORDS Weapons of Words Creativity and Development: a critical look at black south african literature in the context of third world and world fiction The Sad Splendour of Latin American Literature Modern Arab Literature a clash of cultures Jorge Luis Borges: the forking paths of the labyrinths The Power of Words (an interview) Black South African Writing: a critical appraisal I Say THE JOYS OF LITERATURE 100 Best Books of Fiction 100 Best Books of 20th Century Fiction 10 Best Books of Fiction 10 Best Books of Short Fiction Best First Lines of Fiction 100 Best Books of Non-Fiction 50 Best Books Of 20th Century Non-Fiction 10 Best Books of Non-Fiction Senior High School Reading List Junior High School Reading List Primary School Reading List Classics Illustrated ___________________________________________________________________________ Books by Farouk Asvat: Sadness In The House Of Love (novel) The Gathering Of The Storm (novellas) I Dream In Long Sentences (poetry) The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (poetry) A Celebration Of Flames (poetry) The Time Of Our Lives (poetry) Bra Frooks ... (poetry) Weapons of Words (literary essays) by FAROUK ASVAT are all now available on amazon: in paperback & on kindle: amazon kindle author @ www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat ___________________________________________________________________________ [] please check out my blogs @: poems: www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com weapons of words: www.faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com piquante: www.faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com piqued: www.faroukasvat-piqued.blogspot.com books by farouk asvat: www.faroukasvat-books.blogspot.com [] also link up on: google+: www.google.com/+faroukAsvat linkedin: www.linkedin.com/farouk-asvat facebook: www.facebook.com/faroukasvat youtube: www.youtube.com/c/faroukAsvat twitter: www.twitter.com/faroukasvat amazon kindle author @ www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat farouk.asvat@gmail.com

IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE The English version of the novel, Sadness In The House Of Love, was previously published separately as a book. Although In The House Of Love novel is also written in English, it is the original version, with words, phrases and dialogue in cape town slang / skollie lingo / kaapse praatjies / kombuis afrikaans / & local patois. The blossoming love between Siddique and Wasiela in the midst of an uprising against the cruel regime is set against the bleakness and the beauty of the peninsula - the myriad characters reacting with humour and courage to the turmoil surrounding them. Against the backdrop of the ever-present mountain and the persistent south-easter, the novel is a portrait of a cosmopolitan city isolated from the world, of a happy-go-lucky community caught up in the throes of a revolt against oppression, of an extended family responding to the new challenges facing them, of the slowly developing love between the two protagonists getting entangled in the maelstrom - with devastating consequences. contents: The Family Of Many Children In The Motherless Mother City Days And Nights Full Of Fire And Love Sadness In The House Of Love A Whirlwind Of Ashes [] SADNESS IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE 1. The Family Of Many Children In The Motherless Mother City "They chase shadows," Fahdila said with measured contempt. Only Siddique, dreaming of the treacherous Atlantic eyes of Wasiela - the fairest virgin of the Cape - heard her. He looked at Fahdila's alabaster features across the supper table ... and said nothing. Her voice reverberated in his skull, flying among the colourful discord of budgies flying around in the rarefied air of the lounge, hovering about in the excited atmosphere of cousins and aunts gathered for the evening. From then on boisterous laughter took over, a carnival of delights in the festive atmosphere: ...

"In Bra Frooks ... Asvat uses witty, humorous, sarcastic and satiric language to expose the contradictions, emotional terrains and tensions in both Apartheid and post-Apartheid South Africa. He uses the lingo, voice and logic of the man and woman in the street to expose the absurdity of political repression and social control and the mediocrity and hypocrisy of political and religious dogmatism. The tenacity and resilience of people in the face of repression and suppression is exhibited by their ability to see the humorous side of every situation, laughing at the short-sightedness of their oppressors as well as having a good laugh at themselves. This playfulness and wittiness of slang language comes in handy, especially where Asvat uses narrative, monologue, dialogue/dramatic techniques ..." Mphutlane Wa Bofelo, Bluesology And Bofelosophy Yes, Farouk Asvat is back, with a brand new collection of old and new slang poems in broken afrikaans, tsotsi taal, kaapse skollie, and durbanite tunes. All the original poems in streetwise lingo, including some new ones, have now been collected into one anthology: Bra Frooks ...All Farouk Asvat's English poems, including translations of the slang and Afrikaans poems into English by the poet himself, are now available on amazon kindle in the following anthologies: The Time Of Our Lives A Celebration Of Flames The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs_______________________________________ja, farouk asvat is terug, met 'n brand new bundel van ou en nuwe sleng poësie in tsotsitaal, kaapse kombuis, en ook 'n paar verse in broken afrikaans, met bekende gedigtes soos: Die Kamma-Intellectuals A Poor Man's Prayer King Of The Guerillas Bra Frooks En Die John Vorster Span Ou China En Die Amper-Intellectual Fietas (reprise)maar nou tune hy ook soos 'n durbanite in nuwe gedigtes soos: Over The Wall An' All en Hoe Ko' Ek By Die Hel?en brand new gedigtes soos: Sauvignon, Blanc, Sir? en I'm Suffering!"... swart Afrikaanse digters van die tagtigs - onthou iemand nog vir Farouk Asvat ... ?" PIERRE de VOS, LitNet SêNet (webvoet @litnet.co.za)"Maa' Die Manne Waver Nog: Jonger Swart Afrikaanse Skrywers;" HEIN WILLEMSE, Race and Literature []"The wide tonal range extends from sensual and delicate insights into the nature of passion to the satiric and humorous use of slang."[] citation"Farouk Asvat ... writes about love and suffering, about individualism, snobbishness, pretence and pride, about human and environmental beauty and about opposing oppression, and who deploys metaphysical, lyrical and colloquial language, slang and standard diction, all with equal strength and ease." Cosmo Pieterse, Culture In Another South Africa"Since he has been in the line of fire as both a victim of Apartheid and as a political voice in the struggle for liberation, his evocation of the contemporary South African battlefield and his testimony of the humiliation, isolation, deprivation, degradation and murder, the collective weapons of Apartheid, are chillingly authentic." Herbert Steyn, English Olympiad, King Edward VII School."The legend of poet extraordinaire Farouk Asvat: ... like vintage wine, proper poetry matures with time, and like vintage art the voice and wisdom of a poet worth the name is timeless." Mphutlane wa Bofelo, kagablog "... one of the most prolific - and controversial - South African poets " Jon Qwelane, editor Sunday Star"It bears testimony to the resilience and courage of the oppressed in South Africa ... His poetry is devastatingly forthright and hard-hitting." Tyrone August, The Star"Asvat's poems ... with many depths, clever twists and juxtapositions, are exciting, true, and thought-provoking." Wendy Vogt & Alan James, Upstream