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This Place I Call Home

Ten stories. Ten voices. Ten diverse perspectives of what home has meant to South Africans that countryís challenging history. In this thought provoking collection we are drawn into the lives of others. From an old widower who seems content on the outside but feels that his world is unravelling in...

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Autor principal: Vandermerwe, Meg
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Modjaji Books, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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