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Sheila Kohler

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"When my sister died a violent death 25 years ago in apartheid South Africa, my writing took a new turn.  I was driven to explore the reasons for violence within intimate relationships, in particular, the abuse of power and privilege. Since then I have published seven novels, three collections of short stories, and several others not yet collected, all of which focus in some way on this theme. They represent my attempt to delve into the mysteries of hate and anger, and of love and compassion, as well.  I am hoping that you will share them with me."
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"Cracks" the movie in theatres TBA 2010 -

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"Cracks" was at the Toronto Film festival in September and at the London Film Festival. -
Cracks is now playing in France and England 
Becoming Jane Eyre -

Becoming Jane EyreSheila's new book "Becoming Jane Eyre",  is now out with  Viking Penguin.

 Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club: 

"Becoming Jane Eyre" is lush and filled with dark sensuality and the tension of unsaid things.  The style is quite different from Charlotte Bronte's in Jane Eyre yet the tone and imagery and spirit remain in the same realm. " Jane Eyre" is is my favorite book and Sheila Kohler one of my favorite writers." 



Casey Cep writes in the Boston Globe "With an appreciation for their craft and sympathy for their difficult profession, Kohler’s “Becoming Jane Eyre’’ is a tender telling of the Brontë family’s saga and the stories they told.

The Unstoppable Cult of Jane Eyre - Page 1 - The Daily Beast
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Latest Reviews
  
Bluebird

Bluebird or the Invention of Happiness

J.M. Coetzee, author of Slow Man: "Sheila Kohler brings her courageous and resourceful heroine vividly to life in a stirring story of revolutionary times."
Crossways

Crossways

J. M. Coetzee: "There is a territory—fictional and psychological—that Sheila Kohler has now marked as her own. I am full of admiration.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition."
Cracks

Cracks

Elle: "Smoothly confident and erotic…a tale resonant with a chilling power all its own."

For film reviews of the film release of Cracks, Click Here
Children of Pithiviers

 

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