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For the past nine months, my mind has been preoccupied with the figure we call a prostitute. This unsettling obsession has led to my latest creative project, a novel in progress titled Forty Days of Solitude. In this novel, I try to explore the life of Kanini, a woman society labels a harlot, but who, in truth, is much more complex than this label suggests.
The construction of Kanini’s character has not been easy. I have reflected deeply on what it means to be called a prostitute, to live on the fringes of a moral order that is flawed and hypocritical.
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