They announced the winners of the (South African) Sunday Times Literary Prizes yesterday, with the Sunday Times Fiction Prize going to For the Mercy of Water by Karen Jayes, and the Sunday Times Alan Paton Award (for non-fiction) going to Endings and Beginnings, by Redi Tlhabi.
Each prize is worth R75,000 (ca. US $7,600).
For the Mercy of Water doesn't appear to be available in a US or UK edition, but you can get it on Kindle, at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.
For the Mercy of Water doesn't appear to be available in a US or UK edition, but you can get it on Kindle, at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.