Burger's Daughter

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"Burger's Daughter" is a political novel by South African writer Nadine Gordimer that follows the coming-of-age of a young woman involved in the anti-apartheid struggle.

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instanceOf novel
author Nadine Gordimer NERFINISHED
award Central News Agency Literary Award NERFINISHED
censorshipStatus banned in South Africa after publication
countryOfOrigin South Africa
coverArtist notable for minimalist design
criticalReception widely acclaimed
firstEditionFormat hardcover
genre Bildungsroman
anti-apartheid literature
political fiction
hasAdaptation radio dramatization
hasCharacter Bernard Chabalier NERFINISHED
Cathy Burger NERFINISHED
Conrad NERFINISHED
Flora Don NERFINISHED
Lionel Burger NERFINISHED
influencedBy South African anti-apartheid movement NERFINISHED
isbn 9780679739337
literaryMovement South African literature
postcolonial literature
mainCharacter Rosa Burger NERFINISHED
narrativeForm first-person narrative
third-person narrative
notableFor depiction of white anti-apartheid activists in South Africa
exploration of the private lives of political figures
originalLanguage English
pageCount about 360
protagonistGender female
publicationYear 1979
publisher Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED
setInPeriod apartheid era
setting France NERFINISHED
South Africa NERFINISHED
structure alternating narrative perspectives
subjectMatter apartheid in South Africa
political imprisonment
revolutionary politics
theme anti-apartheid struggle
coming of age
family legacy
moral responsibility
personal identity
political activism
racial injustice
state repression

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