Quartet: New Voices From South America

by Alex la Guma, James Matthews, Alf Wannenburgh

" New Voices from South Africa" features work by Alex La Guma, James Matthews, Alf Wannenburgh, and Richard Rive. Alan Paton wrote the introduction "Four Splendid Voices."

223 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1963

About the author

Alex la Guma was a South African novelist, leader of the South African Coloured People's Organisation (SACPO) and a defendant in the Treason Trial, whose works helped characterise the movement against the apartheid era in South Africa. La Guma's vivid style, distinctive dialogue, and realistic, sympathetic portrayal of oppressed groups have made him one of the most notable South African writers of the 20th century. La Guma was awarded the 1969 Lotus Prize for Literature.