Lyrical, empathetic and hauntingly powerful, To Every Birth Its Blood explores the subjective experiences of a range of voices and characters who live, love and struggle in 1970s apartheid South Africa. Serote’s piercing treatment of the brutal...
Weaving together many ideas about reconciliation after war, this novel introduces characters -- mostly artists and activists -- who, after the liberation of South Africa, try to understand what they fought for and why. At the center of the story is a...