{"product_id":"9780802194831","title":"The Lion Sleeps Tonight","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn essay collection that offers “a fascinating glimpse of post-apartheid South Africa” from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMy Traitor’s Heart\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lion Sleeps Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e is Rian Malan’s remarkable chronicle of South Africa’s halting steps and missteps, taken as blacks and whites try to build a new country. In the title story, Malan investigates the provenance of the world-famous song, recorded by Pete Seeger and REM among many others, which Malan traces back to a Zulu singer named Solomon Linda. He follows the trial of Winnie Mandela; he writes about the last Afrikaner, an old Boer woman who settled on the slopes of Mount Meru; he plunges into President Mbeki’s AIDS policies of the 1990s; and finally he tells the story of the Alcock brothers (sons of Neil and Creina whose heartbreaking story was told in \u003ci\u003eMy Traitor’s Heart\u003c\/i\u003e), two white South Africans raised among the Zulu and fluent in their language and customs.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The twenty-one essays collected here, combined with Malan’s sardonic interstitial commentary, offer a brilliantly observed portrait of contemporary South Africa; “a grimly realistic picture of a nation clinging desperately to hope” (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128019501296,"sku":"9780802194831","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802194831_p0.jpg?v=1769907371","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802194831","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}