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Pieternella, daughter of Eva / Dalene Matthee ; translated by Malcolm Hacksley.

Title
Pieternella, daughter of Eva / Dalene Matthee ; translated by Malcolm Hacksley.
Author
Matthee, Dalene, 1938-2005
Publication
Johannesburg, South Africa : Penguin Books, 2012.

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Additional Authors
Hacksley, Malcolm.
Description
562 p. : maps; 22 cm.
Summary
Presents a fictional account of the life of Pieternella, the mixed-raced daughter of Eva of the Goringhaicona tribe of South Africa and one of the first interpreters for the Dutch colony of the Cape of Good Hope and Pieter van Meerhoff, surgeon for the Dutch East India Company; discussing her life after being orphan, her early marriage, and her feelings of being half-human.
Uniform Title
Pieternella van die Kaap. English
Alternative Title
Pieternella van die Kaap.
Subject
  • Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) > History > Fiction
  • Krotoa, 1643?-1674 > Fiction
  • Racially mixed people > Fiction
  • Robben Island (South Africa) > History > Fiction
  • South African fiction
Genre/Form
Biographical fiction.
Note
  • Translation of: Pieternella van die Kaap.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 561-562).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 9780143530039 (pbk.)
  • 0143530038 (pbk.)
OCLC
839556983
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library