
Fiela's Child
Dalene Matthee(Author)
Penguin Books (South Africa) (Publisher)
Published on 3. October 2003
Book
368 pages
978-0-14-008478-8 (ISBN)
Description
In Africa a child wanders too far into the Knysna Forest. He never returns. Nine years later, two government officials, working on a census, find a white child living with a Coloured family in the mountains on the other side of the forest. They take him away from the stricken Fiela, who has brought him up, and give him back to his 'original' family. Whipped into using a new name and calling strangers 'ma' and 'pa', Benjamin is so stunned that the cannot cry and waits for Fiela to reclaim him. But Fiela, powerless before authority, never comes. So Benjamin has to grow up before he can go in search of the truth.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Parklands
South Africa
Publishing group
Penguin Random House South Africa
Illustrations
map
Dimensions
Height: 180 mm
Width: 110 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
207 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-008478-8 (9780140084788)
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