Books set in South Africa (101)
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41.
L'âge de fer by J. M. Coetzee FR
Country: Africa / 
South Africa
South Africa
Description:
En 1986, au Cap, Elizabeth Curren se meurt d'un cancer, et elle est brutalement confrontée à l'explosion de rage que le système de l'Apartheid a engendrée. Dans une longue lettre à sa fille exilée en Amérique, Elizabeth relate les événements qui ponctuent ses derniers jours. Témoin de l'émeute et de la répression dans un township voisin, elle découvre le corps criblé de balles du fils de sa domestique noire, et assiste à l'exécution par la police d'un autre adolescent... Parvenue au terme de son existence, avec pour ange de la mort et confident un clochard réfugié chez elle, Elizabeth tentera ... continue
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La casa de las puertas by Tan Twan Eng ES
MalaysiaDescription:
1921, colonia británica de Penang, Malasia. Robert Hamlyn es un abogado acomodado, y Lesley, su esposa, una anfitriona de la alta sociedad. Sus vidas se reaniman cuando un viejo amigo de Robert llega de visita con su extrovertido secretario. Willie Somerset Maugham, pese a ser uno de los mejores escritores de su época, atraviesa una crisis creativa y personal: mantiene un matrimonio de conveniencia, su salud es frágil y acaba de perder sus ahorros en una desastrosa inversión. En Penang busca desesperado una historia que le permita salvar su carrera, y la encuentra a través de Leslie y su pasad... continue
43.
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
The Swarts are a white family who have lived for generations on a farm outside Pretoria, South Africa. After the death of the mother, all the members gather for the funeral at the family home. Amor and Anton, two of her children, reject what the family represents and do not forget the promise that their father made to their mother shortly before he died: that Salome, the black woman who has been working for them all her life and who took care of him in his last days, she could keep the small house in which she has lived for years. But time is passing and the promise is not fulfilled. The narra... continue
44.
La sociedad de los soñadores involuntarios by Jose Eduardo Agualusa ES
AngolaDescription:
El periodista angoleño Daniel Benchimol sueña con gente que no conoce. Moira Fernandes, una artista visual mozambiqueña radicada en Ciudad del Cabo, escenifica y fotografía sus propios sueños. Hélio de Castro, un neurocientífico brasileño, los filma. Hossi Kaley, hotelero, ex guerrillero, con un pasado oscuro y violento, tiene una relación aún más extraña y misteriosa con los sueños. Los sueños unen a estos cuatro personajes en un país dominado por un régimen totalitario al borde de ... continue
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Les lettres de prison de Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela FR
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
"Le nouveau monde ne sera pas construit par ceux qui restent à l'écart les bras croisés, mais par ceux qui sont dans l'arène, les vêtements réduits en haillons par la tempête et le corps mutilé par les événements". Arrêté en 1962 par le gouvernement d'apartheid d'Afrique du Sud, Nelson Mandela a passé vingt-sept ans en prison – du 7 novembre 1962 au 11 février 1990. Au cours de ces 10 052 jours de détention, il fut un épistolier prolifique, écrivant des centaines de lettres aux autorités inflexibles, à ses compagnons de lutte, aux gouvernements officiels, mais aussi à sa femme Winnie, à ses ci... continue
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Let the Dead Lie by Malla Nunn EN
EswatiniDescription:
Krimi. A stunning novel about murder, power, and a dangerous South African underworld. Cooper works undercover surveillance on the seedy Durban docks, but when a young boy is brutally murdered he must elude the police to conduct his own investigation. He discovers an international tussle for the political soul of South Africa
47.
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
‘There are many suns,’ he said. ‘Each day has its own. Some are small, some are big. I’m named after the small ones.’ It is 1903. A lame and frail Malangana – ‘Little Suns’ – searches for his beloved Mthwakazi after many lonely years spent in Lesotho. Mthwakazi was the young woman he had fallen in love with twenty years earlier, before the assassination of Hamilton Hope ripped the two of them apart. Intertwined with Malangana’s story, is the account of Hope – a colonial magistrate who, in the late nineteenth century, was undermining the local kingdoms of the eastern Cape in order to bring them... continue
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Long Walk to Freedom : The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela EN
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, A LONG WALK TO FREEDOM brilliantly re-creates the drama of the experiences that helped shape Nelson Mandela's destiny. Emotive, compelling and uplifting, A LONG WALK TO FREEDOM is the exhilarating story of an epic life; a story of hardship, resilience and ultimate triumph told with the clarity and eloquence of a born leader. 'Burns with the luminosity of faith in the invincible nature of human hope and dignity ... Unforgettable' Andre Brink 'Enthralling ... Mandela emulates the few great political leaders such as L... continue
49.
Master Harold...and the boys by Athol Fugard EN
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
Drama set in South Africa during apartheid.
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Mother to mother by Sindiwe Magona EN
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
A searing novel, told in letter form, that explores the South African legacy of apartheid through the lens of a woman whose Black son has just murdered a white woman Mother to Mother is a novel with depth, at once an emotional plea for compassion and understanding, and a sharp look at the impacts of colonialism and apartheid on South African families. Inspired by the true story of Fulbright scholar Amy Biehl's murder, the book takes the form of a letter to the victim’s mother. The murderer’s mother, Mandisa, speaks of a life marked by oppression and injustice. Through her writing, Mandisa reve... continue