Burning the Grass: At the Heart of Change in South Africa, 1990-2011

by Wojciech Jagielski

Book Overview

In the great modern narrative nonfiction tradition of Ryszard Kapuscioski, Burning the Grass is a literary masterpiece of true crime based on the April 2010 murder of Eug ne Terre'Blanche, firebrand leader of the far-right AWB (Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging--the Afrikaner Resistance Movement), who espoused white Afrikaner rule even as it was ending in South Africa. It tells a universal story of small-town life where every face is familiar and people's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609806476
• ISBN13: 9781609806477
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.1"