Song of Be (Puffin Fiction)1 review
Lesley Beake

Puffin, 1995

Song of Be, an amazing tale . . .

Song of Be is an extraordinary book. You have to read it over at least twice to fully understand it, but its worth it. It focuses on the life of a young African girl, a bushman, who moves to a farming plantation with her mother. She finds out to much about her past, and pays a harsh price for ...
  
  











  



  
Dusklands7 reviews
J M Coetzee

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1985

Dark and incisive

+ Inspiring
+ Power's subtle threads of meaning

"Dusklands" consists of two very different parts. In "The Vietnam Project", Mr Coetzee tells the story of Eugene Dawn, a specialist in psychological warfare whose task it is to establish a document called the Vietnam Project dealing with the so-called Phase IV of the Vietnam conflict in the years ...
  
  











  



  
Bitter Fruit: A Novel12 reviews
Achmat Dangor

Black Cat, 2005

Thought Provoking

This is one of the best books I have read in my life! I never heard of this author, I just happened to pick up the book while I was in an airport. I was so engaged with this book I could barely put it down! As an African American who has never been to South Africa I felt this book was absolutely ...
  
  











  



  
The Betrayal
Gillian Slovo

Virago Press, 1992
  
  











  



  
Tales from a Troubled Land1 review
Alan Paton

Scribner, 1996

Tales From A Troubled Land

It was excellect, though very dark in it's discription of the injustice of the apartide. And continuing motifs of oppresion and curruption and hoplessness made it very deppresing. Not as good as his other book, Cry the Beloved Country.
  
  











  



  
July's People45 reviews
Nadine Gordimer

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1982

Not an Easy Read

+ Village People
+ Challenging, for some

I bought a copy of Nadine Gordimer's "July's People" shortly before my husband and I made our first trip to South Africa. I must confess I found the first chapter quite difficult to comprehend. I decided to put the book aside and read it after I had been in the country for a while, hoping I would ...
  
  











  



  
Journey to Jo'burg: A South African Story34 reviews
Beverley Naidoo

HarperTrophy, 1988

it was shipped fast and in really good condition.

+ Five Star Book Report
+ Short and Powerful
+ Enjoy
  
  











  



  
The Penguin Book of Southern African Stories

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1986
  
  











  



  
The Betrayal
Gillian Slovo

Virago Press, 1992
  
  











  



  
Journey to Jo'burg: A South African Story34 reviews
Beverley Naidoo

HarperTrophy, 1988

it was shipped fast and in really good condition.

+ Five Star Book Report
+ Short and Powerful
+ Enjoy
  
  











  



  
Bitter Fruit: A Novel12 reviews
Achmat Dangor

Black Cat, 2005

Thought Provoking

This is one of the best books I have read in my life! I never heard of this author, I just happened to pick up the book while I was in an airport. I was so engaged with this book I could barely put it down! As an African American who has never been to South Africa I felt this book was absolutely ...
  
  











  



  
The Penguin Book of Southern African Stories

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1986
  
  











  



  
July's People45 reviews
Nadine Gordimer

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1982

Not an Easy Read

+ Village People
+ Challenging, for some

I bought a copy of Nadine Gordimer's "July's People" shortly before my husband and I made our first trip to South Africa. I must confess I found the first chapter quite difficult to comprehend. I decided to put the book aside and read it after I had been in the country for a while, hoping I would ...
  
  











  



  
Tales from a Troubled Land1 review
Alan Paton

Scribner, 1996

Tales From A Troubled Land

It was excellect, though very dark in it's discription of the injustice of the apartide. And continuing motifs of oppresion and curruption and hoplessness made it very deppresing. Not as good as his other book, Cry the Beloved Country.
  
  











  



  
Dusklands7 reviews
J M Coetzee

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1985

Dark and incisive

+ Inspiring
+ Power's subtle threads of meaning

"Dusklands" consists of two very different parts. In "The Vietnam Project", Mr Coetzee tells the story of Eugene Dawn, a specialist in psychological warfare whose task it is to establish a document called the Vietnam Project dealing with the so-called Phase IV of the Vietnam conflict in the years ...
  
  











  



  
Song of Be (Puffin Fiction)1 review
Lesley Beake

Puffin, 1995

Song of Be, an amazing tale . . .

Song of Be is an extraordinary book. You have to read it over at least twice to fully understand it, but its worth it. It focuses on the life of a young African girl, a bushman, who moves to a farming plantation with her mother. She finds out to much about her past, and pays a harsh price for ...