| "I was immediately mesmerized... Its beauty matches its depth and her achievement is as brilliant as it is haunting." Toni Morrison |
Set in apartheid South Africa, Agaat portrays the unique relationship between Milla, a 67-year-old white woman, and her black maidservant turned caretaker, Agaat. Through flashbacks and diary entries, the reader learns about Milla's past. Life for white farmers in 1950s South Africa was full of promise - young and newly married, Milla raised a son and created her own farm out of a swathe of Cape mountainside. Forty years later her 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 of love and family loyalty. Winner of the South African Sunday Times Fiction Prize in 2007, Agaat was translated as The Way of the Women by Michiel Heyns, who received the Sol Plaatje Award for his translation.
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Used availability for Marlene van Niekerk's Agaat
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Paperback Editions
April 2010 : Paperback
| Title: Agaat Author(s): Marlene Van Niekerk ISBN: 0-9825030-9-1 / 978-0-9825030-9-6 Publisher: Tin House Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 2006 : Paperback
| Title: Agaat Author(s): Marlene van Niekerk ISBN: 1-86842-256-9 / 9781868422562 (South Africa edition) Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
August 2004 : Paperback
| Title: Agaat: Roman (Afrikaans Edition) Author(s): Marlene van Niekerk ISBN: 0-624-04206-5 / 978-0-624-04206-8 (South Africa edition) Publisher: Tafelberg Publishers Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
June 2010 : Kindle edition
| Title: Agaat Author(s): Marlene Van Niekerk Publisher: Tin House Books Availability: Amazon More details... |
May 2010 : Kindle edition
| Title: Agaat Author(s): Marlene Van Niekerk Publisher: Tin House Books Availability: Amazon More details... |
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