A Hippopotamus At The Table : A true story of a journey to a new life in Cape Town, South Africa in 1975 Paperback / softback
by Anna Meryt
Paperback / softback
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Excerpt from the book:
'Waiting at the reception desk to check in, I saw the toilet signs for the first time, in both Afrikaans and English - Blanke Dames (White Ladies), Nie Blanke Vrou (Non-White Females) ... the first time I had to go, I stood outside, hesitating, feeling that by choosing one I was accepting their distinction.'
This is a true story of a journey to a new life in South Africa in 1975.
Apartheid, black and white, enforced separation, was at its height in 1975. We went there my actor husband and me, looking for theatre work for him. From a high rise to a chicken farm was the start. Then the long drive across the Karoo and the Drakensburgs to Cape Town - a thousand miles in an old blue VW beetle, with a baby in the back. We got to Cape Town with GBP25 left, no where to live, no work. What happened next? Quite a story that's what...
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:330 pages, Illustrations, black and white; Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Tambourine Press
- Publication Date:28/06/2015
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- ISBN:9780957612242
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:330 pages, Illustrations, black and white; Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Tambourine Press
- Publication Date:28/06/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9780957612242
