- My Traitor's Heart
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My Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe and His Conscience Author(s) Rian Malan Language English Genre(s) Autobiography, Politics Publisher Atlantic Monthly Press Publication date 1989 Pages 349 ISBN 087113229X OCLC Number 20016093 Dewey Decimal 968/.00992 B 20 LC Classification CT1929.M35 A3 1990 My Traitor's Heart is an autobiographical book by Rian Malan first published in 1989 on his return from exile.[1] It is subtitled "South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe and His Conscience" or "Blood and Bad Dreams: A South African Exile Explores the Madness in His Country, His Tribe and Himself".
The book describes Malan's experience of growing up in Apartheid-era South Africa in which he explores race relations through prominent murder cases.[2] In addition, he reflects on the history of his family, a prominent Afrikaner clan that migrated to the Cape in the 17th century and included Daniel François Malan, the South African Prime Minister who was a principal ideological force behind Apartheid doctrine.[1]
The book became a best-seller, was translated into 11 languages[3] and was still in print 14 years later. It has been called both brilliant and racist.[4]
References
- ^ a b Malan, Rian, My traitor's heart: A South African exile returns to face his country, his tribe and his conscience, New York: Grove Press, ISBN 0-8021-3684-2
- ^ Adams, Tim (2007-03-25), "The dark heart of the new South Africa", The Observer, http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/mar/25/southafrica.society, retrieved 2009-09-05
- ^ de Vries, Fred (2008), The Fred de Vries Interviews - From Abdullah to Zille, Wits University Press, pp. 325, ISBN 978-1-86814-469-3
- ^ "White Fright". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A16237-2004May10?language=printer. Retrieved 16 July 2008.
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