Fault Lines: Journeys Into the New South Africa Volume 56

by David Goodman

Book Overview

South Africa has experienced one of the world's most dramatic political transformations. David Goodman, a journalist and activist who has witnessed South Africa's struggles since the darkest days of apartheid, chronicles the historic transition from apartheid to democracy. This compelling story is told through the lives of four pairs of South Africans who have experienced apartheid from opposite sides of the racial and political divide. Taken together,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520232038
• ISBN13: 9780520232037
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Views from both sides

Goodman has compiled a great book here with views on important events in South African history. These events are examined with narratives from both sides, white and black. The aftermath of each event is traced as well.

Expands on what I saw in South Africa, October, 1998

Having visited South Africa in October, 1998, and seen the extensive squatters areas described by the author, I do not believe that readers of his book can adequately understand the extreme poverty he describes. It has to be seen and experienced to be appreciated. Mr. Goodman's portraits of the eight people in his book gives flesh and humanity to the otherwise dehumanizing nature of apartheid. I think his work is best appreciated if you have seen South Africa for yourself. For your readers who have not been to South Africa, they owe it to themselves to see it. I believe you can not remain unmoved by what you see and one must come away from that experience a better person.