Fiela's Child (Paperback, Univ Of Chicago)

Set in nineteenth-century rural Africa, Fiela's Child tells the gripping story of Fiela Komoetie and a white, three-year old child, Benjamin, whom she finds crying on her doorstep. For nine years Fiela raises Benjamin as one of her own children. But when census takers discover Benjamin, they send him to an illiterate white family of woodcutters who claim him as their son. What follows is Benjamin's search for his identity and the fundamental changes affecting the white and black families who claim him.
Everything a novel can be: convincing, thought-provoking, upsetting, unforgettable, and timeless.--Grace Ingoldby, New Statesman
Fiela's Child is a parade that broadens and humanizes our understanding of the conflicts still affecting South Africa today.--Francis Levy, New York Times Book Review
A powerful creation of time and place with dark threads of destiny and oppression and its roots in the almost Biblical soil of a storyteller's art.--Christopher Wordsworth, The Guardian
The characters in the novel live and breathe; and the landscape is so brightly painted that the trees, birds, elephants, and rivers of old South Africa are characters themselves. A book not to miss.--Kirkus Reviews

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 1992
First published:	September 1992
Authors:	Dalene Matthee
Dimensions:	203 x 134 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	350
Edition:	Univ Of Chicago
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-51083-5
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-226-51083-2
Barcode:	9780226510835

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!