We are delighted to announce that the Mandarin translation of Elleke’s novel Bloodlines appears in China this month, published by Shenzhen Publishing House (深圳出版社)! Bloodlines, shortlisted for the Sanlam Prize, was originally published by David Philip in 2000.

It is a compelling historical novel about the birth of the new South Africa, which explores the moving friendship between two women thrown together by an act of terror, asking searching questions about the power of testimony and reconciliation, and the price we pay for the pain of the past.