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Bitter Fruit is 'n boek wat geskryf is deur Achmat Dangor en gepubliseer in 2001.

Die storie speel af in 1998 en draai rondom 'n swart gesin se verbrokkeling na die ontknoping van apartheid.

Die hoofkarakter is Silas Ali, 'n prokureur gebaseer in Johannesburg wat die ouderdom van vyftig nader.

Hy het bekendheid verwerf terwyl Nelson Mandela president was, 'n skakelbeampte geword wat die aktiwiteite van die regering gekoördineer het met die bewegings van die Waarheid- en Versoeningskommissie.

Een oggend by 'n winkelsentrum, identifiseer Silas die man wat sy vrou Lydia twintig jaar gelede verkrag het, terwyl hy moes luister na haar gille van binne-in 'n polisie vangwa.

Die brutale daad was gepaardgaande met Silas se deelname aan die aktiwiteite van die African National Congress se militante vleuel.

Die paartjie het nooit enigiemand vertel van die wreedaardigheid nie en selfs ook nooit met mekaar daaroor gepraat nie.

Lydia het lankal vermoed dat haar verkragter haar seun se biologiese vader is, maar nooit enigiemand meegedeel van haar vermoedens nie, alhoewel sy in haar dagboek daaroor geskryf het.

As gevolg van die misdaad, het hul sekslose huwelik begin misluk oor die jare.

Hulle seun Michael raak ook vervreemd en die paartjie weet nie waar hy is of hoe hy sy tyd deurbring nie.

Te laat vind hulle uit dat hy gereeld ouer vroue verlei en 'n liefdesverhouding het met 'n man wat sy pa geken het terwyl hy saam met die militante vleuel van die African National Congress gewerk het.

Hy delf ook in die geskiedenis van sy pa se familie wat Moslem was, alhoewel sy pa nie was nie, aangesien hy 'n buite-egtelike kind was.

Uiteindelik gaan Michael op 'n skiet boemel.

Een van die mans wat hy doodskiet was die man wat sy ma verkrag het, aangesien hy op 'n sekere stadium haar dagboek gelees het.

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Bitter Fruit is a book that was written by Achmat Dangor and published in 2001.

The story is set in 1998 and revolves around a black family's disintegration following the denouement of apartheid.

The main character is Silas Ali, a lawyer based in Johannesburg who is closing in on the age of fifty.

He rose to prominence while Nelson Mandela was president, becoming a liaison officer who coordinates the activities of the government with the moves of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

One morning while at a shopping mall, Silas identifies the man who raped his wife Lydia twenty years before while he had to listen to her screams from inside a police van.

The brutal act was concomitant with Silas' participation in the activities of the African National Congress' militant wing.

The couple never told anyone about the atrocity and never even spoke to each other about it.

Lydia long suspected that her rapist was her son's biological father but never apprised anyone of her suspicions, although she wrote in her diary about it.

Because of the crime, their sexless marriage began to fail over the years.

Also their son Michael drifts away, and the couple doesn't know where he is or how he spends his time.

They learn too late that he often seduces older women and has an affair with a man his father knew while working with the militant wing of the African National Congress.

He also delves into the history of his father's family, who was Muslim, although his father was not as he was an illegitimate child.

Eventually Michael goes on a shooting spree.

One of the men he kills was the man who raped his mother, as he had read her diary at one point.

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Mag ek ‘n foto van u neem mevrou?

Mag ek 'n foto van u neem meneer?

Mag ek 'n foto van julle neem?

Mag ek 'n foto van jou neem?

Mag ek hier foto’s neem?

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Can I take your picture, ma'am? (Formal)

Can I take your picture, sir? (Formal)

Can I take your picture? (Informal, you plural)

Can I take your picture? (Informal, you singular)

Can one take pictures here?

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The Cry of Winnie Mandela is 'n roman wat Winnie Mandela se lewensverhaal vertel.

Njabulo S. Ndebele het die hoogs aangeskrewe roman geskryf, wat gepubliseer is in 2003.

Die boek is gefokus op vier "gewone" en "onopvallende" vrouens wat almal tyd spandeer het om te wag vir die terugkeer van hul mans.

Die privaat verhale van hul vergelykbare aardse lewens beantwoord aan die verhale van Winnie Mandela, die vrou van voormalige Suid-Afrikaanse President Nelson Mandela, en Penelope, die vrou van Odysseus uit die ou Griekse mitologie.

Penelope se gewag vir en hunkering na Odysseus het agtien jaar geduur, terwyl Winnie se gewag voortgesleep het vir sewe-en-twintig jaar.

Die vrouens in die boek oorweeg waarom hulle gewag het vir hul mans en wat hul nuttelose gewag aan hulle gedoen het.

Die resultaat is 'n paar verontrustende virtuele dialoë tussen die vier vrouens en Penelope en Winnie.

Die aard van hierdie vrouens se gewag is heeltemal anders, aangesien een man haar wesenlik verstoot het deur te gaan werk by 'n myn en daar te vestig om 'n nuwe gesin te begin, terwyl 'n ander oorsee gegaan het om medies te studeer.

Die derde het gegaan van aktief wees in politiek tot verdwyning terwyl hy in ballingskap was en toe gevange gehou is op Robbeneiland.

Al vier mans het uiteindelik hul eie paadjie geloop, onwillig om terug te keer na waar hulle voorheen was en hul vrouens weggesmyt.

Die eerste helfte van die roman vertel hul stories, terwyl die tweede een 'n stem gee aan hul lyding en gedagtes wanneer die vrouens Winnie en Penelope toespreek.

Winnie word ook 'n stem gegee, in reaksie op die vrouens en hul gedagtes en stories.

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The Cry of Winnie Mandela is a novel that tells Winnie Mandela's life story.

Njabulo S. Ndebele wrote the highly acclaimed novel, which was published in 2003.

The book is concentrated on four "ordinary" and "unremarkable" women who all spent time waiting for the return of their men.

The private stories of their comparably mundane lives are measured up to the stories of Winnie Mandela, the wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela, and Penelope, the wife of Odysseus from ancient Greek mythology.

Penelope's wait and yearning for Odysseus lasted eighteen years, while Winnie's wait dragged on for twenty-seven years.

The women in the book consider why they waited for their men and what their fruitless waiting did to them.

The result is some haunting virtual dialogues among the four women and Penelope and Winnie.

The nature of these women's waiting is quite different, as one husband essentially disowned her by going to work at a mine and settling down there to start a new family, while another traveled abroad to study medicine.

The third went from being active politically to disappearing while in exile and then imprisoned on Robben Island.

All four men ended up going their own ways, being loath to return to where they were before and discarding their women.

The first half of the novel tells their stories, while the second one gives voice to their suffering and thoughts as the women address Winnie and Penelope.

Winnie is also given a voice as well, responding to the women and their thoughts and stories.

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