My Own Private Orchestra

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  • Originally
  • published
  • by
  • Penguin
  • Books,
  • the
  • work
  • was
  • nominated
  • for
  • a
  • literary
  • award
  • in
  • '94.'A
  • Remarkable
  • Memoir'"I
  • am
  • simply
  • in
  • awe
  • of
  • this
  • little
  • gem.
  • The
  • writing,
  • the
  • imagery,
  • the
  • feeling
  • .
  • .
  • .
  • it's
  • all
  • beautifully
  • done.
  • It
  • isn't
  • easy
  • to
  • know
  • that
  • such
  • terrible
  • things
  • have
  • been
  • experienced
  • by
  • anyone,
  • but
  • it
  • is
  • the
  • realization
  • that
  • someone
  • can
  • endure
  • those
  • things
  • and
  • emerge
  • as
  • a
  • human
  • being
  • who
  • can
  • assimilate
  • those
  • things
  • and
  • emerge
  • -
  • not
  • unscathed,
  • not
  • undamaged,
  • but
  • far
  • from
  • destroyed
  • by
  • them
  • -
  • that
  • is
  • truly
  • remarkable.
  • "Ian
  • Fraser's
  • brutally
  • frank
  • autobiography
  • of
  • a
  • turbulent
  • childhood
  • and
  • life
  • in
  • the
  • army
  • under
  • Apartheid
  • was
  • first
  • published
  • by
  • Penguin
  • Books
  • in
  • 1993.
  • The
  • work
  • earned
  • a
  • CNA
  • Literary
  • Award
  • nomination
  • in
  • 1994.Quoting
  • from
  • the
  • jacket
  • of
  • the
  • print
  • edition:
  • 'Ian
  • Fraser
  • is
  • a
  • powerful
  • voice
  • in
  • South
  • African
  • theater.
  • Satire
  • is
  • his
  • vehicle
  • for
  • the
  • most
  • part
  • and
  • he
  • is
  • probably
  • best
  • known
  • for
  • his
  • one-man
  • shows
  • and
  • his
  • plays,
  • which
  • have
  • gained
  • him
  • the
  • respect
  • and
  • admiration
  • of
  • critics
  • and
  • public
  • alike.
  • He
  • won
  • the
  • 1990
  • Vita
  • Award
  • for
  • comedy
  • and,
  • in
  • 1992,
  • the
  • Amstel
  • Playwright
  • of
  • the
  • Year
  • Award.
  • His
  • plays
  • have
  • been
  • performed
  • widely
  • around
  • South
  • Africa.
  • This
  • is
  • his
  • first book.'
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