This novel, set in 1985 at the height of South African township violence, presents the lives of families from different backgrounds....
They came from the shtetl to a new land, to a new life. Another year in Africa, they said, another year in exile. The old world of pogroms is challenged by their new lives in Africa and the child Ruth is haunted by memories of tragedy and persecution...
With a delicate but ironic touch leavened with gentle humor, the awardwinning author of Another Year in Africa, Safe Houses, and Last Walk in Naryshkin Park presents characters ranging from a political activist under house arrest to the child of immi...