Books set in South Africa (62)
Find more books set in South Africa by genre:
Mystery
Historical fiction
Historical
Romance
Biography
Memoir
Cultural
Young Adult
Political
Psychology
Short story
Contemporary fiction
Adult
Feminism
Crime
Dystopia
Fantasy
Horror
Magical realism
11.
Devil's Valley by André Brink EN
Country: Africa / 
South Africa
South Africa
Description:
A reporter in South Africa discovers a lost valley whose inhabitants continue to practice apartheid. They are the descendants of an 1880s fundamentalist Christian sect and they have managed to maintain their isolation by murdering visitors. A satire on Afrikaner culture by the author of A Dry White Season.
12.
El conservador by Nadine Gordimer ES
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
La única idea que Mehring, un industrial cincuentón y aún atractivo para las mujeres, tiene por clara en su vida es la que debe conservar a toda costa su modo de vida. Ni su amante izquierdista, ni su hijo —un colegial presuntuoso que lleva pelo largo, consiguen socavar su convicción de que tiene el derecho inalienable a seguir en posesión de sus bienes. Y nadie parece cuestionarlo : ni los trabajadores negros que cuidan de su finca en el Transvaal, ni los indios que venden los productos de su tierra, ni los hacenderos boers que le consideran un simple aficionado en los asuntos del campo, ni l... continue
13.
Faith Like Potatoes : The Story of a Farmer who Risked Everything for God by Angus Buchan EN
ZimbabweDescription:
In this moving account, set in South Africa, Angus Buchan tells his true story about following God in the midst of adversity and illustrates the amazing acts God can perform through His faithful followers.
14.
Florescencia by Kopano Matlwa ES
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
Desde que era niña, Masechaba sueña con hacerse médico y salvar vidas. En una joven Sudáfrica que no ha cerrado en absoluto las heridas de su pasado, la medicina le parece una vía ideal para contribuir a apaciguar el sufrimiento de una sociedad todavía xenófoba, machista y supersticiosa. Pero a la vez que trata de aliviar el dolor ajeno ―trabajando en un hospital con pocos recursos y enfrentándose a diario con las penurias del sistema público de salud, que muchas veces pondrá a prueba su vocación― Masechaba tiene que ... continue
15.
Formas de morir by Zakes Mda ES
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
Un hombre y una mujer en Sudáfrica. Toloki, un vagabundo feo y maloliente, una figura estrafalaria y enternecedora, con su sombrero de copa y su traje carnavalesco, va de funeral en funeral ofreciendo sus servicios de plañidero a cambio de unas pocas monedas. Noria, en cambio, es una mujer bella, fuerte y generosa, que se ha convertido en el símbolo de la resistencia de las mujeres tras años de miseria marcados por la tragedia de perder a sus dos hijos. Un día, en el entierro de un niño, Toloki reconoce a la madre: es Noria, su amiga de la infancia. Su reencuentro en la ciudad y el relato de s... continue
16.
Ghost Boy by Martin Pistorius EN
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
Ghost Boy is a deeply moving story of recovery and the power of love. Through Martin's story we can know what it is like to be here and yet not here - unable to communicate yet feeling and understanding everything. Martin's emergence from his darkness enables us to celebrate the human spirit and is a wake-up call to cherish our own lives.
17.
Going to the Mountain : Life Lessons from My Grandfather, Nelson Mandela by Ndaba Mandela EN
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
The first-ever book to tell Nelson Mandela's life through the eyes of the grandson who was raised by him, chronicling Ndaba Mandela's life living with, and learning from, one of the greatest leaders and humanitarians the world has ever known. To the rest of the world, Nelson Mandela was a giant: an anti-apartheid revolutionary, a world-renowned humanitarian, and South Africa's first black president. To Ndaba Mandela, he was simply "Granddad." In Going to the Mountain, Ndaba tells how he came to live with Mandela shortly after he turned eleven--having met each other only once, years before, whe... continue
18.
Hum If You Don't Know the Words by Bianca Marais EN
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
Perfect for readers of The Secret Life of Bees and The Help, a perceptive and searing look at Apartheid-era South Africa, told through one unique family brought together by tragedy. Life under Apartheid has created a secure future for Robin Conrad, a ten-year-old white girl living with her parents in 1970s Johannesburg. In the same nation but worlds apart, Beauty Mbali, a Xhosa woman in a rural village in the Bantu homeland of the Transkei, struggles to raise her children alone after her husband's death. Both lives have been built upon the division of race, and their meeting should never have ... continue
20.
Innards : Stories by Magogodi oaMphela Makhene EN
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
This incendiary debut of linked stories narrates the everyday lives of Soweto residents, from the early years of apartheid to its dissolution and beyond.