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Triomf / by Marlene van Niekerk ; translated by Leon de Kock

Catalog Data

Author:
Van Niekerk, Marlene  Search this
De Kock, Leon  Search this
Physical description:
582 pages ; 20 cm
Type:
Fiction
Place:
South Africa
Date:
2000
1999
2000, ©1999
20th century
Notes:
Originally published: London : Little, Brown, 1999.
AFA copy 39088019013085 gift from Basil Arendse.
Summary:
A family of Afrikaaners belonging to the white underclass wait in trepidation for the first democratic elections in South Africa after apartheid. Both serious and funny, Triomf examines the effect apartheid had on those it was supposed to benefit.
Topic:
Poor  Search this
Afrikaners--Social life and customs  Search this
Politics and government  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1091298