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Tandia

Tandia

by Bryce Courtenay

English fictionSouth AfricaFictionFiction, historical, generalSouth africa, fiction
3.0
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About this book

Tandia is just a teenager when she is brutally attacked by the police. Afraid and consumed by her hatred for the white man, Tandia seeks refuge in a brothel. There she learns to use her mind and looks for the battles that lie ahead. But then Tandia meets a man with a past as strange as her own.

Themes & subjects

English fictionSouth AfricaFictionFiction, historical, generalSouth africa, fiction

Setting

South Africa

About the author

Bryce Courtenay

14 August 1933

A South-African-born naturalized Australian novelist and one of Australia's most commercially successful authors.

Author

Bryce Courtenay

Pages

899

Read time

≈ 22h

Editions

14

Language

English

Publisher

Bolinda Publishing

ISBN

9781876584849

Where to buy

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