You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town by Zoë Wicomb

You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town

Zoë Wicomb

240 pages first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town is among the only works of fiction to explore the experience of "Coloured" citizens in apartheid-era South Africa, whose mixed heritage traps them, as Bharati Mukherjee wrote in the New York Times, "in the racial cr...

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Community Reviews Summary of 71 reviews

Moods

reflective 100%
challenging 66%
emotional 66%
sad 33%
dark 16%
funny 16%

Pace

slow 71%
medium 28%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 66% | Plot: 16% | A mix: 16%

Strong character development?

Yes: 57% | It's complicated: 42%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 66% | Yes: 33%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 71% | No: 14% | It's complicated: 14%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 66% | It's complicated: 33%

Average rating

3.6

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