1 online resource, \"Unimportance is the gripping account of twelve hours in the life of Zizi, a university student and SRC presidential candidate - a position that, should he win, would make him the most important person on campus. It's the night before his presidential manifesto presentation, but as he works on his speech, a squabble with his girlfriend Pamodi turns ugly, and she disappears. Suddenly, everything is at risk : his reputation and position on campus, the election, even his freedom. Zizi wanders the campus all night, searching desperately for Pamodi. reflecting on past traumas and relationships, and meeting a range of friends and foes. The next day, he stands before the entire university community and makes an extraordinary declaration.\"--Back cover, Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 26, 2016), Cover; Half title; Imprint page; Title page; Disclaimer; Unimportance; Back cover

ia/unimportance0000mgqo.pdf

Thando Mgqolozana

Jacana Education

South Africa, South Africa

First Edition, US, 2014

1, 20140701

2015

In 12 hours, your life could change forever, as Zizi discovers. On the night preceding his Student Representative Council presidential manifesto, and not for the first time, Zizi physically abuses his cheating girlfriend, Pamodi. But Pamodi flees. During a night that turns out to be the longest in Zizi's memory, instead of writing the manifesto speech, the reader follows the anxiety-stricken politician in his race against time and cover of the night, as he searches the campus for his missing girlfriend. While Zizi is haunted by the fear that Pamodi might expose him for what he really is, forever damaging his pristine image as the favourite presidential candidate, Pamodi evades detection, and is nowhere to be found. In the morning, the speech he delivers is not anything anyone could have expected from an SRC star: it is a litany of confessions for his questionable integrity and violence. As Zizi's words fade, and a sense of shock lingers in the air, he is faced with the reality of his actions; as they realise that they may vote a highly flawed man into office, how will these students vote? What will it mean, either way?

Unimportance is the gripping account of 12 anxiety-stricken hours in the life of Zizi—a university student and candidate in the upcoming SRC presidential election—and his struggle to balance his pristine public image with his darker private life. On the morning of the presidential manifesto presentations, Zizi delivers a speech no one could have expected and makes an extraordinary confession. As Zizi's words fade, and a sense of shock lingers in the air, he is faced with the reality of his actions. As the students realize that they may vote a highly flawed man into office, how will they respond? What will it mean, either way? In Unimportance, the university is successfully displayed as a microcosm of society and written in an unconventional style.

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