Thungachi
With expert, elegant and economical verse, Francine Simon’s debut collection blends ancestral Catholic mysticism and ancient folk Hinduism to create new and essential portraits of modern South African-Indian identity and womanhood. Unflinching and meditative, Thungachi tracks the journeys, migrations and maturations of peoples, families and the self, all while deftly innovating with form, language and style – ultimately marking Simon out as one of South Africa’s most unexpectedly excellent poetic débutantes.
ISBN 9780620735070 | 66 pages | 203 x 133 | 2017 | uHlanga, South Africa | Paperback
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"An ambitious and sophisticated collection that blends formal invention with deeply felt experience."
- Kobus Moolman