Burger's Daughter
$47.74
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
20 November 1980
Summary
“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, Burg…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140055931 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140055932 |
| Author: | Nadine Gordimer |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 20 November 1980 |
| Weight: | 292g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 129mm x 195mm |
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“A riveting history of South Africa and a penetrating portrait of a courageous woman.” – The New Yorker
“A riveting history of South Africa and a penetrating portrait of a courageous woman.” – The New Yorker
Nadine Gordimer
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 fiction 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, and 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”.
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