{"product_id":"9781415201381","title":"Transformations","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does Playboy have to do with Nabokov's infamous novel Lolita and his obsession with a butterfly? Why is Shrien Dewani looking so cheap? And what can Ovid's Metamorphosis show us about contemporary South African society? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImraan Coovadia's Transformations is a collection of short pieces in the tradition of the essayist: exciting, probing, intelligent and readable. The essays are on writing, politics and culture from a South African perspective. Written with his signature wit, and with subjects ranging from vuvuzelas to J M Coetzee, Tolstoy to Mbeki, Coovadia's essays cast a wide net and, like literature and the country, never fail to surprise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Imraan+Coovadia\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eImraan Coovadia\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Imraan Coovadia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47376785965219,"sku":"9781415201381","price":280.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781415201381_ad0454d9-e9b0-4e07-a6d5-fbfaec8ed541.jpg?v=1776531036","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781415201381","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}