"Not since Abraham Vergese's haunting 1994 book about eastern Tennessee,My Own Country,has the AIDS epidemic been described so deeply and humanly, and from so many angles. Steinberg...is keenly attuned to the many way a community encounters illness...[and] has ended up with a big, brave, poignant look into the heart of his country."--Time Out New York, "Medical specialists and well-meaning bureaucrats working on HIV and AIDS seldom understand the inner struggles of those they seek to help. Jonny Steinberg's account of Sizwe Magadla's story begins to unravel the mix of feelings of shame, pride, and stubborn hope that responses to the AIDS epidemic will have to take into account to be successful."-- Alan Brody, the former UNICEF Representative in Swaziland, pioneered new approaches to education on HIV and AIDS through the arts., "Steinberg's narrative...builds a disturbing picture of a society caught in a tragic situation with no clear solutions." -- Kirkus Reviews, "Not since Abraham Vergese's haunting 1994 book about eastern Tennessee,My Own Country,has the AIDS epidemic been described so deeply and humanly, and from so many angles. Steinberg...is keenly attuned to the many way a community encounters illness...[and] has ended up with a big, brave, poignant look into the heart of his country." --Time Out New York, "Award-winning South African journalist Steinberg...balances critical distance and compassion with gleanings from his own psychological barriers to HIV testing that further deepen the concern and understanding he accords to Sizwe's story." --Publishers Weekly(starred), "Award-winning South African journalist Steinberg...balances critical distance and compassion with gleanings from his own psychological barriers to HIV testing that further deepen the concern and understanding he accords to Sizwe's story."--Publishers Weekly(starred), "In this vivid account of a journey to the frontline in the battle against AIDS, Jonny Steinberg portrays with acute perception the impact of the epidemic on village life in a small rural community in South Africa."-- Martin Meredith , author ofThe Fate of Africa, "[T]his forceful narrative...[with] sharp insights and value...has to do with the immense power of stigma, the ways in which we mirror the real or imagined condemnation of others by internalizing it, and of how easily stigma becomes entwined with sexuality." --New York Times Book Review(Editor's Choice mention), "In this vivid account of a journey to the frontline in the battle against AIDS, Jonny Steinberg portrays with acute perception the impact of the epidemic on village life in a small rural community in South Africa." -- Martin Meredith , author of The Fate of Africa, "In this trenchant work, Jonny Steinberg brings us an eloquent and compassionate yet tough-minded view of how one young aspiring South African man, in a marginal village setting, confronts the threat of HIV/AIDS. It is a window onto a complex set of realities -- the power of culture, shame, fear, male identity -- that are difficult for most of us to see or understand. Replete with insights and surprises,Sizwe's Testis a major achievement."-- J. Stephen Morison , Executive Director, HIV/AIDS Task Force, Center for Strategic and International Studies, "Medical specialists and well-meaning bureaucrats working on HIV and AIDS seldom understand the inner struggles of those they seek to help. Jonny Steinberg's account of Sizwe Magadla's story begins to unravel the mix of feelings of shame, pride, and stubborn hope that responses to the AIDS epidemic will have to take into account to be successful." -- Alan Brody, the former UNICEF Representative in Swaziland, pioneered new approaches to education on HIV and AIDS through the arts., "In this vivid account of a journey to the frontline in the battle against AIDS, Jonny Steinberg portrays with acute perception the impact of the epidemic on village life in a small rural community in South Africa." -- Martin Meredith , author ofThe Fate of Africa, "Development is challenging not only because of poverty and lack of political will, but also because of failures in human understanding. By addressing the AIDS crisis with acute insight, imagination, and extraordinary compassion, Jonny Steinberg and Sizwe Magadla have done us a great service."-- Helen Epstein , author ofThe Invisible Cure: Africa, the West, and the Fight Against Aids, "Award-winning South African journalist Steinberg...balances critical distance and compassion with gleanings from his own psychological barriers to HIV testing that further deepen the concern and understanding he accords to Sizwe's story." -- Publishers Weekly (starred), "Development is challenging not only because of poverty and lack of political will, but also because of failures in human understanding. By addressing the AIDS crisis with acute insight, imagination, and extraordinary compassion, Jonny Steinberg and Sizwe Magadla have done us a great service." -- Helen Epstein , author ofThe Invisible Cure: Africa, the West, and the Fight Against Aids, "Development is challenging not only because of poverty and lack of political will, but also because of failures in human understanding. By addressing the AIDS crisis with acute insight, imagination, and extraordinary compassion, Jonny Steinberg and Sizwe Magadla have done us a great service." -- Helen Epstein , author of The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West, and the Fight Against Aids, "Steinberg's narrative...builds a disturbing picture of a society caught in a tragic situation with no clear solutions." --Kirkus Reviews, "In this trenchant work, Jonny Steinberg brings us an eloquent and compassionate yet tough-minded view of how one young aspiring South African man, in a marginal village setting, confronts the threat of HIV/AIDS. It is a window onto a complex set of realities -- the power of culture, shame, fear, male identity -- that are difficult for most of us to see or understand. Replete with insights and surprises, Sizwe's Test is a major achievement." -- J. Stephen Morison , Executive Director, HIV/AIDS Task Force, Center for Strategic and International Studies, "In this trenchant work, Jonny Steinberg brings us an eloquent and compassionate yet tough-minded view of how one young aspiring South African man, in a marginal village setting, confronts the threat of HIV/AIDS. It is a window onto a complex set of realities -- the power of culture, shame, fear, male identity -- that are difficult for most of us to see or understand. Replete with insights and surprises,Sizwe's Testis a major achievement." -- J. Stephen Morison , Executive Director, HIV/AIDS Task Force, Center for Strategic and International Studies, "[T]his forceful narrative...[with] sharp insights and value...has to do with the immense power of stigma, the ways in which we mirror the real or imagined condemnation of others by internalizing it, and of how easily stigma becomes entwined with sexuality." -- New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice mention), "[T]his forceful narrative...[with] sharp insights and value...has to do with the immense power of stigma, the ways in which we mirror the real or imagined condemnation of others by internalizing it, and of how easily stigma becomes entwined with sexuality."--New York Times Book Review(Editor's Choice mention), "Not since Abraham Vergese's haunting 1994 book about eastern Tennessee, My Own Country, has the AIDS epidemic been described so deeply and humanly, and from so many angles. Steinberg...is keenly attuned to the many way a community encounters illness...[and] has ended up with a big, brave, poignant look into the heart of his country." -- Time Out New York, "Steinberg's narrative...builds a disturbing picture of a society caught in a tragic situation with no clear solutions."--Kirkus Reviews
