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Title: Kafka's Curse
Sub Title: A Novella & Three Other Stories
Author: Achmat Dangor
Publisher: Kwela Books
Year: 1997
Number of pages: 194
ISBN: 9780795700545
Summary: Kafka's Curse is a modern reinterpretation of the Arabic legend of the gardener who loves a princess and, for his transgression, is transformed into a tree. Reset in South Africa as apartheid was coming undone, this is the story of the Khan family, who are both 'colored' and Muslim. When Oscar Khan, a budding architectect, dares to pursue a woman ouside his race and to change his religious identity, he commits a sin and must be punished.
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