• Author has a cult following in the US and an international reputation. • More than 15,000 sold in English. • Widely reviewed on first publication: “[Wicomb’s] prose is vigorous, textured, lyrical. . . . a sophisticated storyteller.” –Bharati Mukherjee, New York Times Book Review “Wicomb deserves a wide American audience, on a par with the fabulous reception her white countrymen Nadine Gordimer and J. M. Coetzee have...