Rootbound

<p>An absent father dies. Home is no longer so homely. And yet wherever you go you cannot escape yourself. Manthipe Moila's captivating debut follows a young woman as she finds her place between the blossoming South Africa of her past and the blustery South Korea of her present. How does one grow in a new place in a new language? Is it possible to grow new roots or does pain forever bind us to the past? Drawing on the botanical environment - as well as a self-made jungle of houseplants - Moila meditates on memory and loss the thrills of exploration and the journey of becoming. A fresh inventive and essential new voice in South African literature.</p><p></p>