1991 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (nominee)
Set in South Africa, this is the story of a retired university teacher who learns, in the same day, that she is dying of cancer and that she has a vagrant in her yard. The story describes the contrast between the dreams of the old woman and the political and social situation around her.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Genre: Literary Fiction
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