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008			211108s2021 sa a 000 0 eng d
020			_a9781776190669 (paperback)
040			_aMPL _c3228 _erda
041			_aenglish
082	0	4	_a155.937 KONA _223
245	0	0	_aOur ghosts were once people : _bstories on death and dying / _cedited by Bongani Kona.
264		1	_aJohannesburg ; _aCape Town : _bJonathan Ball Publishers, _c2021.
300			_axii, 251 pages : _billustrations ; _c21 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
500			_a"Originally published in South Africa in 2021 by Jonathan Ball Publishers."
520			_a"This poignant and thought-provoking anthology gives us portraits of grief as seen through the eyes of writers and poets such as Sisonke Msimang, Dawn Garisch, Lidudumalingani, Mary Watson, Ishtiyaq Shukri, Hedley Twidle, Karin Schimke, Khadija Patel, Shubnum Khan and many others. The contributions range from the deeply personal: a poet chronicles her relationship with her troubled, abusive father, a World War II survivor - to the political: an investigator from the Missing Persons Task Team draws us into the ongoing search for the remains of activists who were murdered by the apartheid state between 1960 and 1994 - to the philosophical: a writer ponders the ethics of killing small animals. Perhaps grief never truly ends but these stories transform the pain of death into something beautiful so that we can find ways to live with loss."--Provided by publisher.
650		0	_aGrief.
650		0	_aDeath.
650		0	_aLoss (Psychology)
650		0	_aBereavement _xPsychological aspects.
700	1		_aKona, Bongani, _eeditor.
942			_2ddc _cBOOK _w175 _xNaomi Ntsimane _y175 _zNaomi Ntsimane
999			_c783590 _d783589