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- ISBN 9780140055931
- Weight: 292g
- Dimensions: 129 x 195mm
- Publication Date: 20 Nov 1980
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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"A riveting history of South Africa and a penetrating portrait of a courageous woman." -- The New Yorker
A must read fiction of South Africa from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
This is the moving story of the unforgettable Rosa Burger, a young woman from South Africa cast in the mold of a revolutionary tradition. Rosa tries to uphold her heritage handed on by martyred parents while still carving out a sense of self. Although it is wholly of today, Burger's Daughter can be compared to those 19th century Russian classics that make a certain time and place come alive, and yet stand as universal celebrations of the human spirit. Nadine Gordimer, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature, was born and lives in South Africa.
A must read fiction of South Africa from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
This is the moving story of the unforgettable Rosa Burger, a young woman from South Africa cast in the mold of a revolutionary tradition. Rosa tries to uphold her heritage handed on by martyred parents while still carving out a sense of self. Although it is wholly of today, Burger's Daughter can be compared to those 19th century Russian classics that make a certain time and place come alive, and yet stand as universal celebrations of the human spirit. Nadine Gordimer, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature, was born and lives in South Africa.
Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014) Born in Springs, South Africa, she was the author of fourteen novels, including A Guest of Honour, The Conservationist, Burger’s Daughter, July’s People, A Sport of Nature, My Son’s Story and None to Accompany Me. Her short fictio was published in eleven collections including Jump, and Why Haven’t You Written: Selected Stories 1950-1972. Her nonfiction includes The Essential Gesture; On the Mines; The Black Interpreters. She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991, recognized as a writer "who through her magnificent epic writing has ... been of very great benefit to humanity".
