My Traitor's Heart - Blood Bad Dreams a South African Explores Madness in His Country,his

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHORIn '70s' South Africa, Rian Malan - descendant of the architects of apartheid, middle-class white boy, friend to blacks - went to work as a crime reporter for a local Johannesburg rag. There he encountered first-hand the horrors wrought by apartheid: the poverty, injustice and violence. After an eight-year exile, he returned to write this book. With gripping stories and in mesmerising prose, this is Malan's attempt to understand his country, its racial hatred, and his own tortured conscience.

About the author

Rian Malan was born in South Africa in 1954. He has worked as a journalist in South Africa and in the United States. He has returned to Johannesburg to live. My Traitor's Heart is his first book.

Summary

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHORIn '70s' South Africa, Rian Malan – descendant of the architects of apartheid, middle-class white boy, friend to blacks – went to work as a crime reporter for a local Johannesburg rag.

Product details

• Authors: Rian Malan, Malan Rian
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.04.2015
• EAN: 9780099583462
• ISBN: 978-0-09-958346-2
• No. of pages: 544
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 34 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, 20th Century, Memoirs, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Republic of South Africa, Social discrimination & inequality, African History, Social discrimination and equal treatment