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LISTEN | 2019 Barry Ronge Fiction Prize winner Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu speaks

Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu tells Michele Magwood about her inspiration for 'The Theory of Flight' and the writers that have influenced her.

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Michele Magwood

Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu and Terry Kurgan are all smiles after winning the Sunday Times Literary Awards.
Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu and Terry Kurgan are all smiles after winning the Sunday Times Literary Awards. (Thapelo Morebudi)

Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu has won the 2019 Barry Ronge Fiction Prize for her novel The Theory of Flight.

She tells Michele Magwood about her inspiration for the book and the writers that have influenced her.

Listen to the conversation: 

With the lightest of touches, a cast of unforgettable characters and moments of surreal beauty, 'The Theory of Flight' sketches decades of history.
With the lightest of touches, a cast of unforgettable characters and moments of surreal beauty, 'The Theory of Flight' sketches decades of history. (Penguin Random House)

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