{"product_id":"fathers-and-fugitives-9798889661375","title":"Fathers and Fugitives","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A masterly, hypnotic book I read in just two sittings.\"--Edmund White\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA propulsive, enigmatic novel that moves fluidly between London, Germany, Belgrade, Cape Town, and Tokyo, \u003cem\u003eFathers and Fugitives\u003c\/em\u003e is a formally inventive and emotionally charged book about fatherhood and family, loyalty and betrayal, inheritance, loss, and belonging. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEstranged from his elderly, senile father, Daniel nonetheless returns to South Africa to care for him during his final months. Shortly after arriving in Cape Town, however, Daniel learns of an unusual clause in the old man's will: he will inherit his share of his father's estate only if he spends time with Theon, a cousin whom he hasn't seen since they were boys, and who lives on a sprawling farm in the Free State. With the conditions bearing on Daniel's inheritance shifting in real time, Theon and Daniel travel to Japan to seek out an experimental cure for the son of the woman Theon lives with. The trip will change their lives forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eS.J. Naudé's masterful novel is many things at once: a literary page page-turner full of vivid, unexpected characters and surprising twists; a loving and at times shockingly raw portrayal of its protagonist's complex psyche; and a devastatingly subtle look into South Africa's fraught recent history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Coolly funny, frequently surprising and in parts almost overwhelming in its emotional force...One of the best novels of the year.\"--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNaudé, S. J.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eS.J. Naudé\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer from South Africa. He is the author of two collections of short stories and two novels. \u003cem\u003eFathers and Fugitives\u003c\/em\u003e is his first novel to appear in the United States. Naudé is the winner of the Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award, the University of Johannesburg Prize, and the kykNet-Rapport prize, and is the only writer to win the Hertzog Prize twice consecutively in its 100-year history. His first novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Third Reel\u003c\/em\u003e, was shortlisted for the Sunday Times prize. His work has been published in \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e and other journals in the US, UK, the Netherlands, and Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeyns, Michiel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichiel Heyns\u003c\/b\u003e is a South African novelist and translator. He is the author of ten novels and a book on the Nineteenth-century novel. Two of his translations were short-listed for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, and another long-listed for the Man International Booker Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Europa Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51648851804434,"sku":"9798889661375","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b2888c1b-b630-4da1-ae45-aeb1d592a7fd.jpg?v=1759835926","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fathers-and-fugitives-9798889661375","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}