Award-winning author Ashraf Kagee’s second novel, By the Fading Light tells a dazzling tale of the loss of innocence. Set in Salt River, Cape Town in 1960 this exquisitely told novel follows four friends on the cusp of adolescence. A shocking murder sets in motion several discoveries about their world, rendered in delicate detail by the author.
Ashraf will be in discussion with veteran journalist and author Rehana Rossouw about communities torn apart by apartheid, the living ghosts from South Africa’s past and the burdens of memory.