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Alternate title: "The Way of the Women".
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... read more
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- Gaat
- Saar
- OuKarel
- Japie
- Kadys
- Gawie Tredoux
- Mr Jak de Wet
- Julies
- Lietja
- Groenewald
- Pa
- Aspatat Lourier
- Kamilla Redelinghuys
- Dakkie
- Salomo
- Lys
- Damon Steefert
- Mister Makkelwyn
- Corrie Meyers
- Dawid
- Thys
- Boela
- Ma
- Dirk du Toit
- Hekkie
- Mies
- Agaat Lourier
- Karel
- Maria Lourier
- Mrs Milla de Wet
- Blommetjie
- Beatrice
- Piet Skilletjies
- Dominee van der Lught
- Hamburg
- Leroux
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- Marlene Van Niekerk (Author)
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Original Language: Afrikaans
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Awards edit
- The Sunday Times Fiction Prize (2007)
- Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (Finalist, 2008, Shortlist)
- Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year (2010: Fiction)
- Best Translated Book Award (Finalist, 2011: Fiction, Shortlist)
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- Dewey: 839.3636
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