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My Traitor´s Heart: Blood and Bad Dreams: A South African Explores the Madness in His Country, His Tribe and Himself

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Description for My Traitor´s Heart: Blood and Bad Dreams: A South African Explores the Madness in His Country, His Tribe and Himself paperback. In 70s South Africa, the author - descendant of the architects of apartheid, middle-class white boy - went to work as a crime reporter for a local Johannesburg rag. There he encountered first-hand the horrors wrought by apartheid. In this book, he attempts to understand his country, its racial hatred, and his own tortured conscience. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 376.

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In '70s' South Africa, Rian Malan – descendant of the architects of apartheid, middle-class white boy, friend to blacks – went to work as a crime reporter for a local Johannesburg rag. There he encountered first-hand the horrors wrought by apartheid: the poverty, injustice and violence. After an eight-year exile, he returned to write this book. With gripping stories and in mesmerising prose, this is Malan’s attempt to understand his country, its racial hatred, and his own tortured conscience.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099583462
SKU
9780099583462
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Rian Malan
Rian Malan was born in South Africa in 1954. His first book, My Traitor's Heart, was a bestseller. He has worked extensively as a journalist in South Africa and in the United States. He has since returned to Johannesburg to live.

Reviews for My Traitor´s Heart: Blood and Bad Dreams: A South African Explores the Madness in His Country, His Tribe and Himself
Rian Malan has written a tragic masterpiece and a classic of our time
Time Out
My Traitor's Heart is a tremendous book about candour, honour and race, a witness-bearing act of the rarest courage. No one who reads it could ever forget it
Michael Herr
A tortured, mesmerising attempt to capture exactly the conflicts of [Malan’s] ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for My Traitor´s Heart: Blood and Bad Dreams: A South African Explores the Madness in His Country, His Tribe and Himself


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