A Dry White Season (novel)
A Dry White Season (Afrikaans: ’N droë wit seisoen ) is a 1979 novel by Afrikaner novelist André Brink. The novel focuses on the death during detention of a black activist.[1] The novel challenges Apartheid, depicting the slow transformation of a ruling class Afrikaner to opposition to the regime.[2] The novel was initially banned in South Africa; though under this ban, Brink published 3000 copies published in an underground.[2]
The novel was adapted into a 1989 film which starred Donald Sutherland, Zakes Mokae and Susan Sarandon. The film was subsequently banned in South Africa.[3]
Reception
Reception of the novel was generally positive, praising the novel's critique of Apartheid. The Christian Science Monitor was generally positive about the book, though noted that it has elements of being a "white book."[2] The New York Times called the novel a "both an expose and a passionate appeal for social justice" and that the novel was an excellent piece of work which "demonstrates André Brink's continuing refinement of his ficitonal technique"[4]
References
- ^ Thorpe, Vanessa (2015-02-07). "André Brink, anti-apartheid novelist and campaigner, dies aged 79". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
- ^ a b c Goodwin, June. "Novel for foreigners who want to understand the Afrikaner; A Dry White Season, by Andre Brink. New York: William Morrow & Co. $10.95". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
- ^ Ebert, Roger. "A Dry White Season," Chicago Sun-Times (Sept. 22, 1989).
- ^ Watkins, Mel (March 23, 1980). "A Novelist's Impassioned Indictment". New York Times Books.