Wearily, I take the path to the river, there in the cool to fill my being with the sounds of my sisterbeing, to refresh myself in the modest scents of pigeonwood and mitzeerie, to let my gaze end in a tangle of monkey ropes and fern arches and the slowly descending leaves, and to find rest, all day long, all night long.A young slave girl accompanies her owner on an expedition into the African interior in search of a mythical city. In unfamiliar terrain, the party gets lost. One by one, our narrators companions disappear, leaving her to take refuge in the hollow of a baobab tree. There, she finds the space and will to reflect upon her lifes journey, telling her story to the boabab itself. This powerful fable, translated from Wilma Stockenstrms original Afrikaans by Nobel Prizewinner J. M. Coetzee, is a remarkable portrait of dislocation and empowerment. It is also a brilliant insight into Coetzees craft as a writer.

Binding: Paperback;128 pages; Publisher: Faber and Faber Ltd; Classification: FA; Weight: 240 g; Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 10

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