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Agaat by Marlene Van Niekerk

Set in apartheid South Africa, Agaat portrays the unique, forty-year relationship between Milla, a sixty-seven-year-old white woman, and her black maidservant turned caretaker, Agaat. In 1950s South Africa, life for white farmers was full of promise--young and newly married, Milla raised a son and created her own farm out of a swathe of Cape mountainside with Agaat by her side.By the 1990s, Milla's family has fallen apart, the country she knew is on the brink of huge change, and all she has left are memories and her proud, contrary, yet affectionate guardian. With haunting, lyrical prose, Marlene van Niekerk creates a story about love and loyalty.
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ISBN 13 9780982503096
ISBN 10 0982503091
Title Agaat
Author Marlene Van Niekerk
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Tin House Books
Year published 2010-04-27
Number of pages 630
Prizes Commended for Best Translated Book Award (Fiction) 2011
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.