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message 1: by Jude (last edited Aug 10, 2014 02:02AM) (new)

Jude | 5 comments The publication date for The Hidden Star by K. Sello Duiker is given as 2000 on the goodreads site. The book was actually published posthumously in 2006. I have seen that Random House give 2000 as the date of publication but I know, without a doubt, that it was published after Duiker committed suicide in 2005 and was incomplete at the time of his death. I also have a copy of the first edition and it clearly states Umuzi 2006. Google Books has the correct information
"K. Sello Duiker was born and raised in Soweto, South Africa, and went on to study journalism at Rhodes University before moving to Cape Town. His varied experiences while living there form the basis of Thirteen Cents. He also wrote two other novels, The Quiet Violence of Dreams (2001) and The Hidden Star (published posthumously in 2006). Duiker was widely considered one of South Africa’s most promising young novelists before his untimely death in 2005 at the age of thirty."


message 2: by Koenraad (new)

Koenraad (koenraadkelemen) | 6993 comments Library of Congress agrees. Fixed.


message 3: by Jude (new)

Jude | 5 comments Thanks!


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