Ngcobo, Lauretta

New York. 1991. George Braziller. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket . 0807612634. 245 pages. hardcover. Cover: Maureen O'Brien. keywords: Literature South Africa Women . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Harsh yet poignant, this novel rescues the experience of so many whose stories have remained untold.'--Gillian Slovo. 'And They Didn't Die brilliantly chronicles the untold predicaments of women caught between custom, white law, and the migrant system. Much of its power lies in Ngcobo's talent for complication and nuance, and for her refusal of dogma. . It explores what happens when women start asking questions: about cattle and the land, about female power, about tradition, about violence, about sex.'--Anne McClintock, Voice Literary Supplement. 'Ngcobo writes with grace and compassion about one woman's suffering, meanwhile providing insights into . . village culture, the injustices of the legal system, the routines and atmosphere of black prisons, and the indomitable spirit of an oppressed people.' --Publishers Weekly. 'Unique in its thoroughness . . in portraying the scourge of apartheid in South Africa. . Certainly, the life of South African dispossessed rural people has not been so precisely portrayed in literature.'--Sechaba, Journal of the African National Congress. inventory #25632 ISBN: 0807612634.