Alert! The Z-A gentlemen responsible, in the main, for the books pages at the Mail & Guardian have put their heads together and come up with 2009’s top ten reads – a list that features two samples of SA Lit, one of which was penned by BOOK SA member Thando Mgqolozana. Kudos to him!
The other is by some Nobel prize winner or other (and, it must be said, Summertime has featured on just about every “best of 2009″ list we’ve seen so far). Zvomuya and Accone’s remaining eight are certainly worth a squiz, too. Here are all ten titles:
Some books are lazy, languid affairs and some are page-turners — forcing you to finish them in one go. We asked our book critics, Darryl Accone and Percy Zvomuya, for their top 10 reads of the year.
Our History Is Still Being Written: The Story of Three Chinese-Cuban Generals in the Cuban Revolution
Armando Choy, Gustavo Chui and Moisés Sío Wong
(Pathfinder Press)Even more fascinating than its title and subtitle suggest, because all three generals have much to say about the war against the apartheid army in Angola, and the decisive Angolan and Cuban victory at Cuito Cuanavale, which ultimately brought the National Party to the negotiating table. Chui headed the 90th Tank Brigade in Malanje, and lost a leg when his vehicle hit an anti-tank mine in northern Angola.
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