{"product_id":"the-whale-caller-paperback","title":"The Whale Caller - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZakes Mda\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Zakes Mda's fifth novel opens, the seaside village of Hermanus is overrun with whale-watchers--foreign tourists determined to see whales in their natural habitat. But when the tourists have gone home, the whale caller lingers at the shoreline, wooing a whale he has named Sharisha with cries from a kelp horn. When Sharisha fails to appear for weeks on end, the whale caller frets like a jealous lover--oblivious to the fact that the town drunk, Saluni, a woman who wears a silk dress and red stiletto heels, is infatuated with him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe two misfits eventually fall in love. But each of them is ill equipped for romance, and their relationship suggests, in the words of \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e that the deeper, darker concern here is not so much the fragility of love, but the fragility of life itself when one surrenders wholly to the foolish heart.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA longtime writer-in-residence at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg, \u003cb\u003eZakes Mda\u003c\/b\u003e is now a professor of creative writing at Ohio University. He lives in Athens, Ohio and Johannesburg, South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762443354400,"sku":"9780312425876","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/110167acb9653cd9a9495e60d535a48d_1f852cee-591c-45ce-82d8-aae9b7482388.webp?v=1780221403","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-whale-caller-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}