Books from South Africa
127 popular south african books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Africa Challenge" were written by authors from South Africa.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
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An important rumination on youth in modern-day South Africa, this haunting debut novel tells the story of two extraordinary young women who have grown up black in white suburbs and must now struggle to find their identities. The rich and pampered Ofilwe has taken her privileged lifestyle for granted, and must confront her swiftly dwindling sense of culture when her soulless world falls apart. Meanwhile, the hip and sassy Fiks is an ambitious go-getter desperate to leave her vicious past behind for the glossy sophistication of city life, but finds Johannesburg to be more complicated and unforgi... continue
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Collective Amnesia by Putuma, Koleka EN
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
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This highly-anticipated debut collection from one of the country's most acclaimed young voices marks a massive shift in South African poetry. Kola Putuma's exploration of blackness, womxnhood and history in Collective Amnesia is fearless and unwavering. Her incendiary poems demand justice, insist on visibility and offer healing. In them, Putuma explodes the idea of authority in various spaces ñ academia, religion, politics, relationships ñ to ask what has been learnt and what must be unlearnt. Through grief and memory, pain and joy, sex and self-care, Collective Amnesia is a powerful appraisal... continue
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Crooked Seeds by Karen Jennings EN
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
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A woman in post-apartheid South Africa confronts her family's troubled past in this taut and compelling novel from the Booker Prize longlisted author of An Island
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Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton EN
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
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The compassionate story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son Absalom.
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Der Herr der Ringe by J. R. R. Tolkien DE
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
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Einem jungen Hobbit namens Frodo wird ein Ring anvertraut, von dem eine dunkle Macht ausgeht. Frodo macht sich mit seinen Freunden auf eine abenteuerliche Reise, um das von der zerstörerischen Kraft des Rings bedrohte Auenland zu retten.
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Der Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien DE
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
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Als der Hobbit Bilbo Beutlin eines Tages Besuch von dem grossen Zauberer Gandalf bekommt, schwant ihm nichts Gutes. Fast gegen seinen Willen, aber dann doch von der Abenteuerlust gepackt, schliesst er sich einer Expedition von 13 Zwergen an, um ihnen als Meisterdieb zu helfen, ihren Zwergenschatz zurückzustehlen, auf dem der Drache Smaug tief im Schicksalsberg schläft. Auf seiner Reise findet Bilbo einen Ring, der ihn zu seinem Entzücken unsichtbar macht, als er vor dem mordlustigen Gollum weglaufen muss. Auch beim Auskundschaften des Drachenhorts leistet der Ring ihm unschätzbare Dienste. Als... continue
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Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
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Considerada por muchos como la obra maestra de J.M.Coetzee hasta la fecha.
Novela sobre la nueva Sudafrica y retrato de una sociedad en estado de violenta metamorfosis, esta obra aborda cuestiones politicas y personales con una hondura solo al alcance de los grandes.
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Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
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Bennie Griessel still knows enough to head up the police team tracking 'Artemis', a vigilante killer who targets child murderers. The killer is in fact Thobela Mpayipheli, a former freedom fighter robbed of everything by the murder of his son. And when Griessel's daughter is kidnapped, his world and Thobela's converge towards a devastating climax.
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Devil's Valley by André Brink EN
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
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A reporter in South Africa discovers a lost valley whose inhabitants continue to practice apartheid. They are the descendants of an 1880s fundamentalist Christian sect and they have managed to maintain their isolation by murdering visitors. A satire on Afrikaner culture by the author of A Dry White Season.