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Title: Red Sun Author: Dolapo Lawrence Genre: Fiction Pages: 290 Published: 2014 Publisher: Outskirts Press Language: English ISBN-10: 147870568X Introduction Red Sun is a story… Read More »This Red Sun Must Set: A review of Red Sun by Dolapo Lawrence
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Abstract This article examines the complementary relationship between poverty and human psychology using as template J.M. Coetzee’s novel, Life and Times of Michael K. It… Read More »Poverty as a catalyst for psychological disorder: A case study of J.M. Coetzee’s Life and Times of Michael K.
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