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The World Unseen

By: Shamim Sarif
Narrated by: Lisa Ray
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In apartheid South Africa, free-spirited young Amina has broken all the rules of her own conventional community by running a café.

When she meets Miriam, a young traditional wife and mother, their unexpected attraction turns their world upside down.

©2016 Shamim Sarif (P)2016 Enlightenment Press
Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Africa

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"I read The World Unseen at a gulp, so entrancing is it's style, so complete it's tale of love and betrayal, and so accurate it's depiction of the physical, social and political scene...." ( Johannesburg Star, book of the week)
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I can't express how well this was not only written but performed too.

Every word was perfect.

If I could buy this twice, I would.

One of my all-time favourite films is a great Audible

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