The ink bird
By: Maretha Maartens ; [translation by Madeleine van Biljon].
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Tafelberg
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 89
Subjects: Blacks -- South Africa -- Fiction.; South Africa -- Race relations -- Fiction.
Description: Determined to keep his poor family from starving, young Adam travels daily from his small black South African township to sell newspapers in the city, until bands of thugs make this work dangerous and force him to a difficult decision.
Notes: Translation of: Die inkvoël.
First published in South Africa in 1987 under title: Die Inkvoël ; in English in South Africa in 1989 under title: The ink bird; in England in 1991 under title: Paper bird.