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''October'' is a 2014 novel by Zoë Wicomb. Wicomb, who won a 2013 Windham–Campbell Literature Prize, is originally from Namaqualand, South Africa and is an emeritus professor at the University of Strathclyde. ''October'' is the story of Mercia Murray, a professor in Glasgow, who returns to Kliprand, Namaqualand in South Africa when her brother, Jake, writes her to come home and get his son, Nicky. The themes are homemaking, exile, return and race. ''Quadrapheme: 21st Century Literature'' has noted that ''October''〔Eleanor Franzen "OCTOBER ZOË WICOMB" Quadrapheme: 21st Century Literature. July, 2014. http://www.quadrapheme.com/october-zoe-wicomb/〕 is a story about homecoming, a story about home, a story about belonging, not-belonging, women and children, class and race and education, motherhood and fatherhood.〔 "Homing instinct: ''October'' by Zoë Wicomb" reviewed by Neel Mukherjee. ''New Statesman'' (June 26, 2014) http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2014/06/homing-instinct-october-zo-wicomb〕 Asked by Anna James to sum up the book in three words, Zoë Wicomb answered, "Home, deracination, family secrets."〔(10 Questions: Zoe Wicomb | We Love This Book )〕 ==Characters== * Mercia Murray also known as Mercy, a Glasgow university professor originally from Kliprand, Namaqualand in South Africa who returns to Kliprand, to help her brother and his family. At the book's beginning she has been "left" by her partner of twenty-five years. *Jacques "Jake" Theophilus Murray Younger brother to Mercia. Lives in Kliprand, Namaqualand in South Africa with his wife and son. *Sylvie Murray née Willemse, wife to Jake and mother to Nicky. *Willem Nicholas "Nicky" Murray son of Jake and Sylvie *Nicholas Murray known as Meester, father of Mercia and Jake. Husband to Antoinette. *Antoinette Murray née Malherbe known as Netty, raised at Elim, a Moravian missionary station. Wife to Nicholas, mother of Mercia and Jake. *Auntie Ma Willemse, one of Sylvie's mothers. *Ouise Willemse, one of Sylvie's mothers. *Nana Willemse one of Sylvie's mothers. *Fanus Lategan friend to Mercia during school; collaborator in ANC activities in the mid-1970s in Kliprand. *Craig McMillan poet and former partner of Mercia Murray. *Smithy, a younger colleague of Mercia's at the university. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「October (novel)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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