Valley Song

by Athol Fugard

Book Overview

The long-awaited post-Apartheid play by one of the greatest playwrights in South Africa and the world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559361190
• ISBN13: 9781559361194
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A moving exploration of the landscape of the human heart.

With the blight of apartheid lifted from South Africa, Athol Fugard, that nation's dominant voice in the theater, turns toward a quieter, more introspective story. It is daring in its simplicity, and absolutely shattering in its emotional impact. Its lovely, rural musings on hope, despair, and growth resonate far beyond the fields the action inhabits. There is an excellent framing device of an author (meant to represent Fugard, himself) in whose perceptual inadequacies we find a mirror for our own. Highly recommended.