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Agaat

Marlene van Niekerk

Paperback | Pages: 630 pages

Rating: 4.05 | 1260 Users | 189 Reviews

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Title	:	Agaat
Author	:	Marlene van Niekerk
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 630 pages
Published	:	April 27th 2010 by Tin House Books (first published 2006)
Categories	:	Fiction. Southern Africa. South Africa. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. Africa. Literature. African Literature. Race

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Set in apartheid South Africa, Agaat portrays the unique relationship between Milla, a 67-year-old white woman, and her black maidservant turned caretaker, Agaat. Through flashbacks and diary entries, the reader learns about Milla's past. Life for white farmers in 1950s South Africa was full of promise — young and newly married, Milla raised a son and created her own farm out of a swathe of Cape mountainside. Forty years later her family has fallen apart, the country she knew is on the brink of huge change, and all she has left are memories and her proud, contrary, yet affectionate guardian. With haunting, lyrical prose, Marlene Van Niekerk creates a story of love and family loyalty. Winner of the South African Sunday Times Fiction Prize in 2007, Agaat was translated as The Way of the Women by Michiel Heyns, who received the Sol Plaatje Award for his translation.

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Original Title:	Agaat
ISBN:	0982503091 (ISBN13: 9780982503096)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	South Africa
Literary Awards:	BTBA Best Translated Book Award Nominee for Fiction shortlist (2011), Hertzogprys (2007), St. Francis College Literary Prize Nominee (2011), Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2008), Barry Ronge Fiction Prize (2007)

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Ratings: 4.05 From 1260 Users | 189 Reviews

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ARC from publisherI wasn't sure what to think when I decided to tackle this brick of a book at the beginning of the month, other than (1) It's not something I would normally read and (2) Oh Boy, this one is going to take awhile!Tin House Books has been working hard promoting the pants off of this book, and rightly so. The author, South African native Marlene van Niekerk, creates the epic story of Milla - a 60+ year old white South African woman who is slowly dying of ALS - and her relationship

This was a difficult book to read, and as with the other Marlene van Niekerk novel, Triomf, I don't quite know what to make of this story. What made it difficult to read is the constant switching between the past and present and then the rambling thoughts of Milla are scattered in between as well. That said, it was well worth the time and I can feel this story will be with me for a while.

Ai. Incredible!

I would rate this book 3+ This was a story about identity, gender, and of privilege. The story focuses on the two women and their relationship which each other it was very much a manipulative and master/slave relationship. The white woman was also a victim within her culture and to me manipulated the black girl into who she wanted her to be which was to be human and white. There are implications that being human and white are the same. I thought the author did a good job on using silence/not

4.5 starsWow, what did I just read!? I mean that in the best possible way. This book cant really be summed up in a mere review as there is way more to it than meets the eye. It taps into every aspect of being human and then some. I was not expecting it to be nearly as deep and engrossing as it was. It wasnt an easy read but it is exquisitely presented with such unique subtleties as I dont think I have ever experienced in a book before.



This is one of those books that I wanted so much to like. I had many moments where I recognized how good of a book it was, but I just never really enjoyed reading it and I think the fault is mine.Agaat takes place in South Africa and tells the story of a white woman, Milla, who has advanced ALS and is mostly paralyzed, and her black maid, Agaat. The complicated relationship between the two women is slowly revealed throughout the novel. The narrative style can be quite difficult to digest, and