Burger’s Daughter (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Nadine Gordimer
- First Published: 1979
- Type of Work: Psychological and political realism
- Time of Work: 1962-1977
- Setting: Johannesburg, South Africa, and Nice, France
- Principal Characters: Rosemarie (Rosa) Burger, Lionel Burger, Cathy Burger, Katya Bagnelli, Baasie, Conrad, Bernard Chabalier
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Social realism, Political fiction
- Subjects: Social action, 1960’s, 1970’s, Family or family life, Self-discovery, Africa or Africans, Parents and children, Communism or communists, Politics, Revolutionaries, Race, Revolutions, Social issues, Fathers, Adultery, Ethics, South Africa or South Africans, Martyrs or martyrdom, Apartheid
- Locales: Johannesburg, South Africa, Nice, France
The Novel
Part 1 of Burger’s Daughter, which takes up more than half the novel, establishes the basic family relationships and social background of the protagonist, Rosemarie, or Rosa, Burger. Her father Lionel, as both physician and disciplined revolutionary, is a man of overwhelming moral integrity who, moreover, dies in prison—a martyr to his beliefs. Rosa’s mother, an equally dedicated Communist, also has spent time in prison, so that the child Rosa learns early to take on adult responsibilities—which include not merely caring for herself and her father but...
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Nadine Gordimer (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Nadine Gordimer (Short Fiction)Nadine Gordimer (Dictionary of World Biography)Nadine Gordimer (Long Fiction)
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