Edge of the Earth by Zizipo Mgobo

My first book is finally on the road to being published. I cannot even articulate my excitement, so I would rather not talk about it and pretend it is just one of those things...


Synopsis:

There is a thin grey area between life and death, and that is where she has learnt to live.
Asanda is a quiet and pensive 20 something year old who asks for very little in life. If you ask for nothing then you are required to give nothing in return. At least that is how it supposed to work. When Regina sweeps into her life unexpectedly, like the breeze of a warm summer night passing through an open window and scattering all the neatly stacked papers onto the floor, she is faced with the monumental burden of making a choice.
How could she ever be certain she made the right one? But when all else fails, there is always the unspoken grey area.

To Simone with love

I have developed a mild obsession with Simone de Beauvior. I think I came across her after I finished reading John Paul Satre's 'Being and Nothingness', a rather riveting book I might add, and was researching a bit about him and came across the part about his illicit affair with Simone. NO, actually I came across her in a novel I was reading and one of the characters was comparing her love affair to that of Satre and Simone's.
Anyway, however it happened it does not matter.
I find her terribly intriguing. She invited various young women into her bed and wrote volumes of Philosophy. I must admit that I don't know that much about her, yet. But watch this space. Besides, i haven't heard of any other female existential philosopher. Why would I NOT be interested.
Started reading her book "Ethics of Ambiguity' online, but stopped. It is a rare privilege to read and I would rather wait to get an actual copy of the book.