BOOK REVIEW
BOOK REVIEW: Novelist conjures an apocalyptic future from SA’s dystopian past
Masande Ntshanga’s Triangulum is a fearless portrait of life over four decades from apartheid’s collapse to the maws of the corporate machine
The date is December 2043 and the SA National Space Agency has received a mysterious package containing a memoir and a set of digital recordings from an unnamed woman who says the world will end in 10 years. Dr Naomi Buthelezi is hired to investigate the authenticity of the materials and the writer’s claim.
Masande Ntshanga’s latest novel is bizarre, in a good way. One of the most inventive and exciting writers in SA today, he uses the device of the found manuscript to frame Triangulum, a multi-genre tale that encompasses historical narrative, coming-of-age tale and science fiction, with a hint of the dystopian thrown in for good measure. Even Edenvale gets a mention...
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