{"product_id":"9781415210536","title":"Still Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew in his native Scotland know about Thomas Pringle - the abolitionist, publisher, and - some would say - Father of South African Poetry. A biography of Pringle is in order, and a reluctant writer takes up this task.\u003cbr\u003eTo help tell the story of Pringle is the spectre of Mary Prince, a West Indian slave whose history he had once published. Also offering advice is the ghost of Hinza Marossi, Pringle's adopted Khoesan son, and the timetraveller Sir Nicholas Greene, a character exhumed from the pages of a book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile Mary is breathing fire and Sir Nicholas's heart is pining, Hinza is interrogating his origins. But what is to be made of the life of Pringle so many years after his death by this motley crew from the 1800s?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the apparitions flit through time and space to put together the pieces of Pringle's story and find their own place in his biography, Zoë Wicomb's novel offers an acerbic exploration of colonial history in superb prose and with piercing wit.\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+Zoe+Wicomb\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eZoe Wicomb\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Zoe Wicomb","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378313380003,"sku":"9781415210536","price":320.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781415210536_fed203b1-7bed-452a-8082-0705d18cd114.jpg?v=1776531804","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781415210536","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}