Talking Location With Joanna O’Donoghue – WORLD
Blood Orange
Location(s): Cape Town, KwaZulu-Natal (Natal)
Genre(s): Fiction
Era(s): 1970s/1980s
Gecko’s childhood is one of sheltered, almost magical innocence on a farm in Natal. He spends his days taking barefoot expeditions with his dogs and his nights listening to Springbok Radio, unaware of the cruel force in his life that apartheid will soon become. With the start of high school in the Cape, Gecko is thrust into a political and personal awakening that is both tragic and heartfelt. With conscription into the South African army looming over him, Gecko’s future is as uncertain as his country’s. Blood Orange evokes the absurdity, longing, and fear of growing up white under apartheid.
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