"So flawlessly written that every one of its events seems chillingly, ominously possible." -- Anne Tyler, The New York Times Book Review

A startling, imaginative novel from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

A violent war for equality has come to the white suburbs, driving out the ruling minority

For years, it had been what is called a "deteriorating situation." Now all over South Africa the cities are battlegrounds. The members of the Smales family -- liberal whites -- are rescued from the terror by their servant, July, who leads them to refuge in his village. What happens to the Smaleses and to July -- the shifts in character and relationships -- gives us an unforgettable look into the terrifying, tacit understandings and misunderstandings between blacks and whites.

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• Publication Date: July 29, 1982
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• Print Length: 167 Pages
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