The grass is singing.

• Authors : Lessing, Doris May, 1919-

Subjects: Farm life -- South Africa -- Fiction; Women -- South Africa -- FictionSouth Africa -- Race relations -- Fiction

• Abstract: Summary: Mary Turner, the bored and frustrated wife of an unsuccessful farmer in white-ruled South Africa, sets ...

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Chanda's secrets.

• Authors : Stratton, Allan

Subjects: AIDS (Disease) -- South Africa -- Fiction; Teenagers -- South Africa -- FictionSouth Africa -- Fiction

• Abstract: Summary: Chandra Kabelo, a sixteen-year-old in a small South African town, faces down shame and stigma in her efforts to help ...

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The rights of desire.

• Authors : Brink, André P. (André Philippus), 1935-

Subjects: Man-woman relationship -- Fiction; Violence -- South Africa -- Fiction; FictionSouth Africa -- Fiction

• Abstract: Summary: Ruben Olivier leads an isolated existence in a Cape Town suburb, but when the threat of violence looms over the town, he agrees to ...

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Disgrace.

• Authors : Coetzee, J. M., 1940-

Subjects: Father-daughter relationship -- Fiction; Veterinarians -- Fiction; Farm life -- South Africa -- Fiction

• Abstract: Summary: Fifty-two-year-old David Lurie, having lost his job and the respect of his friends and ex-wife after an affair with one of his students, retreats ...

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The evolving depiction of Indians in South Africa fiction.

• Authors : Hale, Federick

• Source: Quarterly Bulletin of the South African Library; Sep96, Vol. 51 Issue 1, p24, 11p

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The power of one.

• Authors : Courtenay, Bryce, 1933-

Subjects: Self-confidence -- Fiction; Conduct of life -- Fiction; World War, 1939-1945 -- South Africa -- Fiction

• Abstract: Summary: Story of Peekay, an English boy, living in South Africa during World War II whose dream ...

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Crocodile burning.

• Authors : Williams, Michael, 1962-

Subjects: Theater -- Fiction; African Americans -- South Africa -- FictionSouth Africa -- Fiction

• Abstract: Summary: Hoping to earn the money to get his brother out of prison, Seraki joins the cast of a musical written to express rage at ...

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Cry, the beloved country.

• Authors : Paton, Alan

Subjects: Blacks -- South Africa -- FictionSouth Africa -- Race relations -- Fiction

• Abstract: Summary: Accused of murdering a white man, a young black South African turns to his minister father and a white attorney ...

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Chain of Fire.

• Authors : Naidoo, Beverly/Velasquez, Eri

Subjects: African Americans -- South Africa -- Fiction; Historical fictionSouth Africa -- Race relations -- Fiction

• Abstract: Summary: When the villagers of Bophelong are forced to leave their houses and resettle in a barren "homeland," thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother join ...

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Quiet brilliance; A fierce, intense novel set in the new South Africa; Fiction

• Authors : By:LUCY ATKINS

• Source: Sunday Times, The (London, England), March 18, 2012 Features 01, p. 50 3pp

• Abstract: NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT by NADINE GORDIMER Bloomsbury £18.99 ebook £18.99 pp421 For the first 80 pages or so this novel is daunting. The syntax is layered ...

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