Bibliograph

My traitor's heart, a South African exile returns to face his country, his tribe, and his conscience, Rian Malan

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My traitor's heart, a South African exile returns to face his country, his tribe, and his conscience, Rian Malan

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

My traitor's heart

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Rian Malan

Sub title

a South African exile returns to face his country, his tribe, and his conscience

Summary

My Traitor's Heart is an astonishing work of reportage, at once beautiful, horrifying, and profound a book unlike any other about South Africa. Rian Malan is an Afrikaner, scion of a centuries-old clan deeply involved in the creation of apartheid. As a young crime reporter, Malan covered the atrocities of an undeclared race war and ultimately fled the country, unhinged by what he had seen. Eight years later, he returns to confront his own demons, and those that are tearing his country apart. Written in the final years of apartheid's bloody collapse, My Traitor's Heart still resonates, offering a chilling but ultimately redemptive vision of the darkest recesses of the black and white South African psyches

Target audience

adult

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