A rainbow in the night
Subtitle: the tumultuous birth of South Africa
By: Dominique Lapierre ; translated from French by Kathryn Spink ; with research assistance from Xavier Moro.
Contributors: Spink, Kathryn.; Moro, Javier, 1955-
Edition: 1st Da Capo Press ed.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780306818479; 9780306818820
Subjects: Apartheid -- South Africa; South Africa -- History; South Africa -- Race relations
Work titles: Arc-en-ciel dans la nuit.
Description: "A Rainbow in the Night" is Lapierre's epic account of South Africa's tragic history and the heroic men and women--famous and obscure, white and black--who have, with their blood and tears, brought to life the country that is today known as the Rainbow Nation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-262) and index.

Translation of: Un arc-en-ciel dans la nuit.
Table of contents: title: Maps. South Africa ; The great trek to conquer South Africa; title: In search of a new promised land; title: The Prime Minister's bulldozers; title: Helen and Chris : two lights in the darkness; title: "God bless Africa"; title: Appendixes. What they became ; This was apartheid ; A brief chronology ; All that is not given is lost.