Fiela's Child

Name: Fiela's Child
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ISBN: 9780226510835

ISBN-10: 0226510832

ISBN-13: 9780226510835

Edition: 1992 (Reprint)

Authors: Dalene Matthee

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Set in nineteenth-century rural Africa, Fiela's Child tells the gripping story of Fiela Komoetie and a white, three-year old child, Benjamin, whom she finds crying on her doorstep. For nine years Fiela raises Benjamin as one of her own children. But when census takers discover Benjamin, they send him to an illiterate white family of woodcutters who claim him as their son. What follows is Benjamin's search for his identity and the fundamental changes affecting the white and black families who claim him. "Everything a novel can be: convincing, thought-provoking, upsetting, unforgettable, and timeless."--Grace Ingoldby, New Statesman "Fiela's Child is a parade that broadens and humanizes…

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 9/1/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English