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The dubious salvation of Jack V.
Jacques Strauss
Published
2011
by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in New York
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Written in
Edition Notes
| Statement | Jacques Strauss |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | PS3619.T74327 D83 2011 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | p. cm. |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL24827468M |
| ISBN 10 | 9780374144128 |
| LC Control Number | 2011008456 |
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The Dubious Salvation Of Jack V. Jacques Strauss. Jacques Strauss was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. His first book, The Dubious Salvation of Jack V, won the Commonwealth Book Prize, Africa. He lives in London with his partner and works as a freelance writer. The Dubious Salvation Of Jack V. Download Cover Image. Strauss, Jacques. ISBN. Format. Paperback. Recommended Price. R Published. June About the book: It's , and in the dying years of the Apartheid regime, eleven-year-old Jack Viljee considers life to be simple. He has firm views on race (complex), politics.
Jan 17, · In the end I was surprised by a selection of candid, intimate stories, engrossed in their own small battles – alcoholism (as in Ellen Banda-Aaku’s Patchwork), betrayal (as in Jacques Strauss’s The Dubious Salvation of Jack V) and an odd addiction (in Shelley Harris’s Jubilee) – and the collision of these battles with time and society. Sep 20, · Today we're featuring a unique and beautiful debut that revolves around questions of privilege, revenge, and forgiveness: THE DUBIOUS SALVATION OF JACK V.. Eleven-year-old Jack V. is the son of an English woman and a Afrikaans man and he grows up in a quiet domestic environment during the in the upheaval of apartheid.
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Get this from a library. The dubious salvation of Jack V. [Jacques Strauss] -- Coming of age in a Johannesburg divided by apartheid, Jack Viljee clings to his belief in a rational world and endures household violence that mirrors the politics of his country, a precarious.
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Subversively smart and unapologetically funny, Jacques Strauss's The Dubious Salvation of Jack V. is a powerful debut from a fearlessly original voice.3/5(2). The Dubious Salvation of Jack V. Jacques Strauss. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $24 (p) ISBN Buy this book Eleven-year-old Jack Viljee lives in "a very nice house, on a very.
Get this from a library. The dubious salvation of Jack V. [Jacques Strauss] -- Even as an eleven year old I had a strong sense that the Universe was setting up nasty traps for me, all sorts of really horrible ways to die in which (and this is the crucial point) I would in some.
Aug 22, · The Dubious Salvation of Jack V I am very naughtily behind on my reviews at the mo (taking the delay caused by the Paris themed month into account of course!) and, a whole three months since Simon selected The Dubious Salvation of Jack V by debut author Jacques Strauss for the second meeting of the Manchester Book Club.
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by Jacques Strauss at catholicyoungadultsofsc.com Comments. Like to comment on this review?Buy. Maybe: Borrow. Yes. The Dubious Salvation of Jack V. Jonathan Cape (UK); Farrar, Straus & Giroux (US) Jack Viljee's hometown of Johannesburg is still divided by apartheid, though the old order is starting to crumble.
According to eleven-year-old Jack, the world is a rational and simple place.Jul 01, · Jacques Strauss. Jacques Strauss was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa.
His first book, The Dubious Salvation of Jack V, won the Commonwealth Book Prize, catholicyoungadultsofsc.com lives in London with his partner and works as a freelance writer.This personal battle is the main focus of Jacques Strauss’ debut novel, The Dubious Salvation of Jack V., a powerful work inspired by his on upbringing in South Africa.
Through the eyes of our eleven-year-old narrator, Strauss transports his reader into the seemingly perfect world of Jack V.
