See all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Friends in hyderabadplease feel free to borrow the book from me. The variation of south african landscapes serves an important role in the story in marking the different stages of life that the protagonist, benjamin, experiences. Translated from africaans to english, the story is set in south africa in the late 19th century. Fiela s child essays are academic essays for citation. Buy fiela s child by matthee, dalene from amazon s fiction books store.
In africa a child wanders too far into the knysa forest and never returns. Sorry, the book that you are looking for is not available right now. Buy fielas child by matthee, dalene from amazons fiction books store. Fiela s child is benjamin komoetie, 12 years old at the time of the first south african census in the long kloof badlands above the fishing town of knysna. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Pages can include considerable notesin pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text. Fielas child was given to me by kamakshi when i visited their home in mysore in december 2014, with a note to pass it on after i read it. Fielas child as a setwork, i like most students viewed the book with trepidation. Set in nineteenthcentury rural africa, fielas child tells the gripping story of fiela komoetie and a white, threeyear old child, benjamin, whom she finds. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search.
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University of chicago press, 1992 fiction 350 pages. The effects of racism in south africa in fiela s child boats, hair, and character traits. Fielas child, which documents a boys quest to discover his true identity, is perhaps dalene matthee s bestknown work. Fielas child essays are academic essays for citation. She takes him in, names him benjamin, and raises him alongside her other four children. Buy fiela s child by dalene matthee online at alibris. In a way, i just couldnt think of anything to say about this book beyond simple gushing.
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