num_pages: 361
description: As a depiction of South Africa, this novel is more revealing than a thousand news dispatches as it tells the story of a young woman cast in the role of a young revolutionary, trying to uphold a heritage handed on by martyred parents while carving out a sense of one's self.
language: English
title: Burger's Daughter
titlecomplete: Burger's Daughter
genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, South Africa, African Literature, Nobel Prize, Banned Books, Historical Fiction, Africa, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 2110
places: France, South Africa
publisher: Penguin Books