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The expedition to the baobab tree / Wilma Stockenström ; translated from the Afrikaans by J.M. Coetzee.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
AF STOC	Adult Fiction		Campsie .	. Available .

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ISBN	9781935744924 (paperback)
ISBN	1935744925 (paperback)
Name	Stockenström, Wilma author.
Uniform title	Kremetartekspedisie. English
Title	The expedition to the baobab tree / Wilma Stockenström ; translated from the Afrikaans by J.M. Coetzee.
Edition	First Archipelago Books edition.
Published	New York : Archipelago Books, 2014.
Published	©1981
Description	129 pages ; 20 cm
Summary	"In J.M.Coetzee's stunning translation: a powerfully symbolic story in the voice of a slave that explores the depths of imagination, isolation, fear, and love. A slave woman is the only survivor of a failed expedition into the depths of Southern Africa. She shelters in the hollow trunk of a baobab tree where she relives her earlier existence in a state of increasing isolation. We are the sole witnesses to her moving history: her capture as a young child, her life in a harbor city on the eastern coast as servant to various masters, her journey with her last owner and protector, and her life in the baobab tree"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects	Afrikaans fiction -- Translations into English
Subjects	Slaves -- Fiction
Other Names	Coetzee, J. M., 1940- translator.
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Afrikaans fiction -- Translations into English . Slaves -- Fiction . Authors: Coetzee, J. M., 1940- . Stockenström, Wilma .