Burger's Daughter

Name: Burger's Daughter
ISBN: 9780140055931

Nadine Gordimer

1979·361 pages

Historical Fiction

family dynamics hidden past identity identity crisis introspective morality and ethics

“A riveting history of South Africa and a penetrating portrait of a courageous woman.”
— The New Yorker

This is the moving story of the unforgettable Rosa Burger, a young woman from South Africa cast in the mold of a revolutionary tradition. Rosa tries to uphold her heritage handed on by martyred parents while still carving out a sense of self. Although it is wholly of today, Burger's Daughter can be compared to those 19th century Russian classics that make a certain time and place come alive, and yet stand as universal celebrations of the human spirit. Nadine Gordimer was born and lives in South Africa.

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