The Zebra Affaire
Mark Fine
- When
- affairs
- of
- State
- battle
- affairs
- of
- the
- heart,
- ordinary
- people
- become
- heroes!This
- critically
- acclaimed
- novel
- is
- set
- in
- 1976
- apartheid
- South
- Africa.
- It
- tells
- of
- the
- courage
- of
- love
- across
- the
- color
- divide
- –
- especially
- in
- the
- face
- of
- an
- unyielding
- racist
- police
- state,
- and
- the
- extreme
- lengths
- a
- man
- and
- a
- woman
- must
- go
- to
- remain
- together.When
- Stanwell
- Marunda,
- a
- proud
- descendant
- of
- the
- Zulu,
- meets
- the
- beautiful
- Elsa,
- the
- daughter
- of
- a
- white
- farmer,
- he
- is
- certain
- his
- bad
- luck
- has
- just
- begun.
- She
- has
- just
- rescued
- him,
- bloodied
- and
- hurt,
- from
- a
- car
- wreck.As
- the
- two
- of
- them
- recklessly
- begin
- an
- intense
- affair,
- Stanwell
- hopes
- his
- deepest
- fears
- are
- not
- realized.
- First,
- he
- must
- recover
- from
- his
- injuries.
- This
- forces
- him
- to
- depend
- on
- her.
- Then
- he
- gets
- a
- surprise
- visit
- from
- the
- state’s
- security
- branch,
- the
- obsessive
- and
- brutal
- Malan
- Zander.Secrets
- and
- suspicion
- begin
- to
- follow
- him.
- As
- intimidation
- and
- adversity
- strike
- his
- friends
- and
- loved
- one,
- Stanwell
- is
- forced
- to
- confront
- the
- frightening
- truth…Is
- Elsa
- really
- the
- girl
- of
- his
- dreams
- –
- or
- could
- their
- forbidden
- affair
- be
- fatal?The
- Zebra
- Affaire
- is
- a
- cautionary
- tale,
- a
- gripping
- story
- of
- a
- forbidden
- love
- story
- that
- shocked
- a
- nation
- –
- and
- the
- cruel
- powers
- used
- by
- an
- intolerant
- regime
- determined
- to
- stop
- it.Described
- as
- a
- contemporary
- Romeo
- &Juliet
- meets
- To
- Kill
- A
- Mockingbird
- in
- *Out
- of
- Africa,
- '*The
- Zebra
- Affaire'
- is
- a
- thrilling
- fusion
- of
- passion
- and
- suspense—laced
- with
- rich
- South
- African
- history.
- Reviewers
- rave
- about
- this
- intimate,
- yet
- dangerous
- love
- story;
- that’s
- set
- against
- a
- literary
- canvas
- that
- is
- both
- vividly
- authentic
- and
- powerfully
- provocative,
- both
- politically
- and
- socially.352 pages
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