num_pages: 312
description: 2006, 2nd trade paperback edition (of a work first published in 1998), Random House, Johannesburg, South Africa. In English. 312 pages. A nicely produced work; type face a bit on the small side. Reporting on the issues of events in South Africa. Beautifully written by an experienced poet. "Trying to understand the new South Africa without the Truth and Reconciliation Commission would be futile; trying to understand the Commission without this book would be irresponsible."
language: English
title: Country of my skull
titlecomplete: Country of my skull
genres: Politics, Biography, Africa, South Africa, School, Race, Nonfiction, History, African Literature, Memoir
ratings_count: 2893
places: South Africa
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Alan Paton Award, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Olive Schreiner Prize
category: Prose
publisher: Random House