In this work Nadine Gordimer unfolds the story of a young woman's slowly evolving identity in
the turbulent political environment of present-day South Africa. Her father's death in prison
leaves Rosa Burger alone to explore the intricacies of what it actually means to be Burger's
daughter. In this work Nadine Gordimer unfolds the story of a young woman's slowly evolving
identity in the turbulent political environment of present-day South Africa. Her father's death
in prison leaves Rosa Burger alone to explore the intricacies of what it actually means to be
Burger's daughter.