South Africa heads toward majority rule, yet Breytenbach is far from optimistic about its future. He sees a civil war raging and the land awash in blood. "[This] book...is fueled by the sort of rage that produces great literature" (Washington Post). A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Awarded the Alan Paton Prize.
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Afrikaner and apartheid activist Breytenbach examines South Africa's political and social turmoil with a careful, critical eye.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Breytenbach, who describes himself as "an Afrikaans-speaking whitish male South African African temporarily living outside the continent," has written about his earlier experiences in A Season in Paradise ( LJ 4/15/80) and The True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist (1983). The current work is an intensely personal reflection centered on a three-month visit to South Africa in 1991. Breytenbach does not pretend to have any understanding of what will ultimately happen in South Africa, but with his insider/outsider status, he offers an unusual perspective on the country and the continent, locales, and personalities. These are the subjective, opinionated musings of a brilliant intellectual, and if some references to lesser-known places and people are hard to put in context, Breytenbach still rewards his readers. Well recommended.
- William R. Smith, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- William R. Smith, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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