Paper bird
Subtitle: a novel of South Africa
By: Maretha Maartens ; [translated by Madeleine Van Biljon].
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: Blacks -- South Africa -- Fiction; South Africa -- Race relations -- Fiction
Description: Because he is responsible for keeping his pregnant mother and brothers and sisters from starving, young Adam travels daily from his small black South African township to sell newspapers in the city, until marauding bands of thugs make this work dangerous and force him to a difficult decision.
Notes: Translation of: Die inkvoël.