{"product_id":"the-painted-rocks-at-revolver-creek-paperback","title":"The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAthol Fugard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAging farm laborer Nukain has spent his life transforming the rocks at Revolver Creek into a vibrant garden of painted flowers. Now the final unpainted rock as well as his young companion Bokkie has forced Nukain to confront his legacy as a painter a person and a black man in 1980s South Africa. When the landowner's wife arrives with demands about the painting the profound rifts of a country hurtling toward the end of apartheid are laid bare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAthol Fugard\u003c\/b\u003e was born on June 11, 1932, in Middelburg, Great Karoo, Cape Province, South Africa. He has written close to fifty plays, as well as four books and several screenplays. His plays include \u003ci\u003eBlood Knot\u003c\/i\u003e (1961); \u003ci\u003eBoseman and Lena\u003c\/i\u003e (1969); \u003ci\u003e\"Master Harold..\".and the boys\u003c\/i\u003e (1982); \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Mecca\u003c\/i\u003e (1984) and \u003ci\u003eMy Children! My Africa!\u003c\/i\u003e (1989). Many of his works were turned into films: \u003ci\u003eTsotsi\u003c\/i\u003e, based on his 1980 novel, won the 2005 Academy Award for best foreign language film. His work spans the period of apartheid in South Africa (imposed in 1948), through the first democratic elections (April 27, 1994), when Nelson Mandela became president, and into the aftermath of the present day. South Africa's best-known playwright, and one of the most performed playwrights in the world, at eighty, Fugard continues to direct and to write plays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 48\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.1 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 02, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44534337765511,"sku":"9780573704734","price":17.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/wv4dLLWBaa9780573704734.webp?v=1777207808","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-painted-rocks-at-revolver-creek-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}