Ratoons [Paperback]

Daphne Rooke (Author), R. W. Johnson (Afterword)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2008

Set in the cane fields of Natal, Ratoons is a portrait of a beautiful but barbaric land. The narrator Helen Angus, like her Indian friends Leela and later Amoya, is caught up in a world of contrasts where violence and hatred vie with love, passion and the always exotic loveliness of the landscape.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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About the Author

DAPHNE ROOKE (born 1914), was born in Boksburg, Transvaal, of an English father and Afrikaans mother, and grew up in Durban. She later moved to Zululand, where A Grove of Fever Trees, her first novel, was set. During, the 1930s she worked as a journalist in South Africa. She married an Australian and moved there with him. Mittee was published in 1951 and became an international bestseller. It was followed in subsequent years by a series of striking novels on turbulent South African themes. Rooke ultimately moved to England. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 273 pages
• Publisher: Toby Press (February 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592642047
• ISBN-13: 978-1592642045
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,595,220 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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