White Privilege: A child faces his world. Review of The Jack Bank by Glen Retief by Peterson Toscano
Childhood can be such a murky, shadowy time when viewed from the lofty perch of adulthood. Nostalgia mixed with fragmented memory and family folklore make the job of reconstructing the past a potential hazard. When I first read a draft of Glen's book, I was struck by the power of his voice, particularly the honest, eyes-wide-open voice of his boyhood self that emerges early on in the memoir.
Glen Retief grew up in Apartheid South Africa, a privileged white boy who lived much of his childhood on one of the world's most famous animal game reserves--Kruger National Park. Literally surrounded by lions and leopards and hippos (including the one that blundered into the family garden,) Glen artfully recreates key moments in his childhood that reveal dangers far greater than animal predators in the bush....
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White Privilege: A child faces his world. Review of The Jack Bank by Glen Retief by Peterson Toscano
Childhood can be such a murky, shadowy time when viewed from the lofty perch of adulthood. Nostalgia mixed with fragmented memory and family folklore make the job of reconstructing the past a potential hazard. When I first read a draft of Glen's book, I was struck by the power of his voice, particularly the honest, eyes-wide-open voice of his boyhood self that emerges early on in the memoir.
Glen Retief grew up in Apartheid South Africa, a privileged white boy who lived much of his childhood on one of the world's most famous animal game reserves--Kruger National Park. Literally surrounded by lions and leopards and hippos (including the one that blundered into the family garden,) Glen artfully recreates key moments in his childhood that reveal dangers far greater than animal predators in the bush....
READ MORE AT THE URL ABOVE
Posted by QuakerQuaker | April 11, 2011 10:20 AM
Posted on April 11, 2011 10:20