The Whale Caller
The Whale Caller
Mda, Zakes
product information
Condition: New, UPC: 9780312425876, Publication Date: Sun, October 1, 2006, Type: Paperback ,
join & start selling
description
8

As Zakes Mda's fifth novel opens, the seaside village of Hermanus is overrun with whale-watchers--foreign tourists determined to see whales in their natural habitat. But when the tourists have gone home, the whale caller lingers at the shoreline, wooing a whale he has named Sharisha with cries from a kelp horn. When Sharisha fails to appear for weeks on end, the whale caller frets like a jealous lover--oblivious to the fact that the town drunk, Saluni, a woman who wears a silk dress and red stiletto heels, is infatuated with him.

The two misfits eventually fall in love. But each of them is ill equipped for romance, and their relationship suggests, in the words of The Washington Post, that the deeper, darker concern here is not so much the fragility of love, but the fragility of life itself when one surrenders wholly to the foolish heart.

reviews

Be the first to write a review

member goods

No member items were found under this heading.

notems store

Spanish Alphabet Coloring Book

by Barbaresi, Nina

Paperback /Paperback

$2.99

Excuse Me, Your Life Is ...

by Grabhorn, Lynn

Paperback /Paperback

$12.71

It's Already Tomorrow: Poems by ...

by Speth, Gus

Paperback /Paperback

$14.70

A Rose for Grandma: A ...

by Egi, Christiana

Paperback /Paperback

$16.65

listens & views

'BDT

by MANGRA,TONY

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$15.75

SCATTERED LEFTOVERS FROM A MESSY ...

by JOHN PAUL SHARP

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$15.75

DIRTYBOOTZCLEANCRIMINAL

by JPRODUCT

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$14.49

Return Policy

All sales are final

Shipping

No special shipping considerations available.
Shipping fees determined at checkout.
promoting relevance through notable postings ]
share it, buy it, sell it ]

A notem is a post that highlights an experience, idea, topic of interest, an event ... whatever a member believes worthy of discussion. Each notem becomes a pathway by which to make meaningful connections.

notems is a free, global social network that rewards members by the number and quality of notems they post.

notemote® © . Privacy Policy. Developed by Hartmann Software Group