Playing in the Light
Set in a beautifully rendered 1990s Cape Town, Zoe Wicomb's celebrated novel revolves around Marion Campbell, who runs a travel agency but hates traveling, and who, in post-apartheid society, must negotiate the complexities of a knotty relationship with Brenda, her first black employee. "Stylistically nuanced and psychologically astute" (Kirkus), Playing in the Lightis as powerful in its depiction of Marion's personal journey as it is in its depiction of South Africa's bizarre, brutal history.