{"product_id":"mirror-at-midnight-a-south-african-journey","title":"Mirror at Midnight: A South African Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003eHistory lies heavily on South Africa, and Adam Hochschild brings to bear a lifetime's familiarity with the country in an eye-opening work that blends history and reportage. Hochschild looks at the tensions of modern South Africa through a dramatic prism: the pivotal nineteenth-century Battle of Blood River -- which determined whether the Boers or the Zulus would control that part of the world -- and its contentious commemoration by rival groups 150 years later. This incisive book offers an unusual window onto a society that remains divided. In his epilogue, Hochschild extends his view to the astonishing political changes that have occurred in the country in recent years -- and the changes yet to be made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHochschild, Adam:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eADAM HOCHSCHILD is the author of ten books. \u003ci\u003eKing Leopold's Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, as was \u003ci\u003eTo End All Wars.\u003c\/i\u003e His \u003ci\u003eBury the Chains\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook Prize and PEN USA Literary Award. He lives in Berkeley, California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50326523281682,"sku":"9780618758258","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b2df19b8-51cb-4440-b3d4-322fe10e1586.jpg?v=1727703419","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mirror-at-midnight-a-south-african-journey","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}