00957nam a2200181Ia 450000500170000000800410001702000180005808200200007610000150009624500450011125000140015626000300017030000100020052005080021065000150071865000210073365000210075420261008112010.0260608s9999||||xx |||||||||||||| ||und||  a9780312423254  223a823.914 MDA  aMda,Zakes  0aShe Plays with the Darknessc/ Zakes Mda  aSoftcover  aLondonb: Picadorc, 2004  a207p.  aIn a remote mountain village in Lesotho, the beautiful Dikosha lives for dancing and for song, setting herself apart from her fellow villagers. Her twin brother, Radisene, works in the lowland capital of Maseru, struggling amid political upheaval to find a life for himself away from the hills. As the years pass, Radisene's fortunes rise and fall in the city, while Dikosha remains in the village, never leaving and never aging. And through it all, the community watches, comments, and passes judgment.  aLiterature  a Fiction Lesotho  a Magical Realism