A Dry White Season

by André Brink · first published 1979

A Dry White Season (Afrikaans: ’n Droë wit seisoen) is a novel written by Afrikaner novelist André Brink and first published by Taurus in 1979. The title quotes a line from the struggle poem For Don M. - Banned by Mongane Wally Serote. The novel focuses on the death during detention of a man wrongly suspected of being a black activist. The novel challenges apartheid, depicting the transformation of a ruling class Afrikaner's opposition to the governing white supremacist regime.

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Original language:

English

Reader rating:

★ 4.0 / 5 (1 on Open Library)

Year page:

1979