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The rainy season : three lives in the new South Africa /

Just across the northern border of a former apartheid-era homeland sits a rural community in the midst of change, caught between a traditional past and a western future, a racially charged history and a pseudo-democratic present. The Rainy Season, a work of engaging literary journalism, introduces r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Messitt, Maggie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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