District Six
The novel traces close community of District Six through its moments of triumph and despair, its loves, its hatreds- and its bizarre characters. In 1966 parts of District Six were declared for white occupation only, in terms of South Africa's notorious Group Areas Act. The inhabitants were forced to leave for the bleak wastelands of the Cape Flats.
Compilation of Richard Rive short stories:African SongDistrict Six - Moon Over District Six; Rain; Willie-boyStrike, May 1961 - Strike; Drive In; Dawn RaidBlack, White and Brown - The Bench; The Return; Street Corner; Resurrection; No Room at Solitaire
Kapstadt, District Six: ein Sammelsurium unterschiedlichster Charaktere, die sich durchs Leben schlagen. Und über ihnen ihr Buckingham Palast: eine ärmliche, rosafarbene Häuserzeile.