Marlene van Niekerk

Mary Gaitskill

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Pennsylvania

"I was immediately mesmerized . . . as brilliant as it is haunting." --Toni Morrison

Agaat

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Marlene Van Niekerk

Michiel Heyns

“I was immediately mesmerized . . . as brilliant as it is haunting.” ―Toni Morrison

In 1940s apartheid South Africa, Milla de Wet discovers a child abandoned in the fields of her family farm. Ignoring the warnings of friends and family, Milla brings the girl, Agaat, into her home. But the kindness is fleeting, as Milla makes Agaat her maidservant and, later, a nanny for her son. At turns cruel and tender, this relationship between a wealthy white woman and her Black maidservant is constantly fraught and shaped by a rigid social order.

Decades later, Milla is confined to her bed with ALS, and is quickly losing her ability to communicate. Her family has fallen apart, her country is on the brink of change, and all she has left are her memories―and a reckoning with the only person who remains by her side: Agaat. In complex and devastating ways, the power shifts between the two women, mirroring the historic upheavals happening around them and revealing a shared lifetime of hopes, sacrifices, and control.

Hailed as an international masterpiece, Marlene van Niekerk’s Agaat is a haunting and deeply layered saga of resilience, loyalty, betrayal, and how the passage of time cannot heal all wounds.

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

California

Focuses on the relationship between Milla, an aging white female farmer in South Africa, and Agaat, her black maidservant, in a story set near the end of apartheid.

Category - Fiction / General Fiction

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Est. Publication Date - Dec 2020

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Category - Fiction / General Fiction

Format - Paperback

Condition - Excellent

Listed - A year ago

Views - 4

Ships From - Pennsylvania

Est. Publication Date - Dec 2020

Agaat

ISBN: 9781951142209

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