Bleaker than either 'Frieda and Min' or Jooste's first book, 'Dance with a Poor Man's Daughter' (bwl 4), this is both an indictment of apartheid and a lament for the fate of the Bushmen. Told through the eyes of Conrad and Bicky, children of a white senator, it's a heartbreaking story ending on a note of hope, brilliantly written with strong characters and vivid descriptions of the beautiful country that is South Africa.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 13 April 2002 ) |
