The expedition to the baobab tree, Wilma Stockenstrom ; translated from the Afrikaans by J.M. Coetzee
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Label
The expedition to the baobab tree, Wilma Stockenstrom ; translated from the Afrikaans by J.M. Coetzee
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The expedition to the baobab tree
Oclc number
846889368
Responsibility statement
Wilma Stockenstrom ; translated from the Afrikaans by J.M. Coetzee
Summary
"In J.M.Coetzee's stunning translation: a powerfully symbolic story in the voice of a slave that explores the depths of imagination, isolation, fear, and love. A slave woman is the only survivor of a failed expedition into the depths of Southern Africa. She shelters in the hollow trunk of a baobab tree where she relives her earlier existence in a state of increasing isolation. We are the sole witnesses to her moving history: her capture as a young child, her life in a harbor city on the eastern coast as servant to various masters, her journey with her last owner and protector, and her life in the baobab tree"--, Provided by publisher