Valley Song.
| Publisher | University of Oklahoma |
| Publication | World Literature Today |
| Subject | Literature/writing |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0196-3570 |
| Issues per Year | 4 |
| Volume | v72 |
| Issue | n2 |
| Published | 1998-03-22 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Reviewee | n/a | Athol Fugard |
| Author | n/a | Harold A. Waters |
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| Valley Song | eNotes |
Athol Fugard. London/Boston. Faber & Faber. 1996 (released 1997). x + 54 pages. [pounds]6.99/$10.95. ISBN 0-571-17908-8.
The setting is post-apartheid South Africa. Abraam Jonkers, called ou (old) Buks, is the guardian and oupa or grandfather of seventeen-year-old Veronica. He and she would have been officially classified as Coloureds under apartheid. Her mother had died in childbirth, and her father may have been Harry Ruiters, with whom the mother had run off. Veronica wants to leave the Valley for a singing career in Johannesburg, and Buks objects. The Author - white and,...
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