sacrifice, 37–38, 56, 188–190

Schubert, Franz, 112–113

Scott, Joanna, 13, 53–54, 60–61

Sévry, Jean, 11–12, 43, 91–92, 102

sex, 4–5, 76–77, 127–148, 152–153, 180

Shakespeare, William, 17, 74, 195

Hamlet, 120, 195

Merchant of Venice, 120

Tempest, 120

Sharpeville, 18

siblings, 39, 59, 66, 68, 128–129, 151–152, 170

singing, 110–111, 141, 170

Sontag, Susan, 130

South Africa, 1, 7–9, 11–14, 18, 21, 23, 28–30, 36, 44–47, 50, 75, 78, 101–102, 104, 108, 114–115, 117, 124–125, 128–129, 141, 161, 174–175

Spanish (language), 103–104, 109, 122, 191

Splendore, Paola, 151, 157–158, 164–165

Strauss, Peter, 177–178

style, 2, 5, 18, 36–37, 52, 63, 73, 91–93, 95–98, 102, 118–119, 124

Swales, Martin, 128, 130, 133–134

Swift, Jonathan, 17, 57, 118–119

Szalai, Jennifer, 57–58, 174–175, 198

Tebaldi, Renata, 111

tense, 5, 35, 41, 65, 93–95, 98

third-person narrative, 4, 19, 40, 44, 46, 52–53, 55, 57–58, 60, 62–63, 65, 67, 93–94, 97, 100

Tolstoy, Leo, 195

tragedy, 73, 88, 175, 198

translation, 108, 117–118

vegetarianism, 23–24, 28–29, 158

Verdi, Giuseppe, 111, 121

Vietnam War, 29, 35–37, 139, 166

Vinkenoog, Simon, 103–104

Viola, André, 51, 184–185

Wachtel, Eleanor, 100

Watson, Stephen, 9, 11, 38

West, Paul, 24

White, Patrick, 79

Voss, 79

Wood, James, 64, 74, 92, 95–96, 162, 193–195, 198

Wordsworth, William, 125

The Prelude, 120

Wright, Laura, 1, 56–57, 62, 182

Yeoh, Gilbert, 106, 160–162