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my traitors heart a south african exile returns to face his country his tribe and his conscience
a classic of literary nonfiction my traitors heart has been acclaimed as a masterpiece by readers around the world . rian malan is an afrikaner scion of a centuries old clan and relative of the architect of apartheid who fled south africa after coming face to face with the atrocities and terrors of an undeclared civil war between the races . this book is the searing account of his return after eight years of uneasy exile . p armed with new insight and clarity malan explores apartheids legacy of hatred and suffering bearing witness to the extensive physical and emotional damage it has caused to generations of south africans on both sides of the color line . plumbing the darkest recesses of the white and black south african psyches malan ultimately finds his way toward the light of redemption and healing . my traitors heart is an astonishing book beautiful horrifying profound and impossible to put down .
paperback grove press 2000 isbn 0802136842
abridged n isbn 13 9780802136848 number of pages 349 publisher pgw release date 62135769600000