Set in late nineteenthcentury Transvaal this novel dramatizes the ambiguouslovehate relationship between Selina a young coloured servant girl and herprivileged ... » 

Set in late nineteenthcentury Transvaal this novel dramatizes the ambiguouslovehate relationship between Selina a young coloured servant girl and herprivileged white mistress Mittee and explores the roles forced upon the twowomen fierce rivals for the attentions of the same man. «