{"product_id":"9781922858566","title":"Shift","description":"Author: Irma Gold\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922858566\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: MidnightSun Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 10 Mar 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the year of the 70th anniversary of the Freedom Charter  which outlined the principles of democracy and freedom in South Africa  comes a novel set in the township where it was signed. \u003ci\u003eShift \u003c\/i\u003easks us to examine both the world around us...and ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArlie is a moderately successful thirty-something photographer who can't seem to get his shit together. He can't hold onto a girlfriend, or much else, and his relationship with his parents is complicated. His agoraphobic mother, Dellie, has long drawn silence over her South African upbringing. The more she refuses to illuminate, the more Arlie wants to know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter another break-up, Arlie needs to get away, and there's only one place he's drawn to. In Kliptown, he meets choirmaster Rufaro, singer Glory and her younger brother Samson. Amidst the poverty, violence and beauty of this neglected South African township, Arlie begins exploring ideas for an exhibition, and courting the possibility of happiness. But then his father unexpectedly turns up, and a catastrophic event changes everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGusty and gripping, tender and deeply compassionate, \u003ci\u003eShift \u003c\/i\u003eis a compulsively readable story about the messy process of art-making, and the mess of love and family. It is an unflinching, insightful and immersive novel that takes the reader inside the inner life of one township, beyond the hyperbole of newspaper headlines, to offer bold, big-hearted hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Evocative, propulsive and heartbreaking, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShift \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eis a novel that can change the way you think.'  Rochelle Siemienowicz,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Double Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Seductive, superbly atmospheric and beautifully narrated with a painterly, cinemascope feel, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShift \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ewill make your heart race.'  Niq Mhlongo, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe City is Mine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Shift is a beautifully written and evocative novel that explores how a place, its people and history can profoundly shape and enrich our world view. An insightful and multi-layered story, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShift \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ewill stay with you long after you've turned its final page.'  Emily Brewin, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmall Blessings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46861513359518,"sku":"ADS-9781922858566","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922858566.jpg?v=1779253384","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922858566","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}