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Gillian Slovo: Has her writing exorcised demons?
Stephen Sackur speaks to Gillian Slovo, a South African author whose acclaimed fiction, plays and memoirs reflect an extraordinary backstory.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Gillian Slovo, whose acclaimed fiction, plays and memoirs reflect an extraordinary backstory. The daughter of South African parents whose struggle against apartheid brought prison, exile and, in her mother’s case, assassination. Has her writing exorcised demons?
(Photo: Gillian Slovo in the Hardtalk studio)
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