Langston Whitfield is a Washington Post journalist. His editor provocatively sends him to South Africa to cover the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings, in which the perpetrators of murder and torture on both sides during Apartheid are invited to come forward and confront their victims. By telling the unvarnished truth and expressing contrition, they may be granted amnesty. Can the deep wounds of Apartheid be healed through reconciliation? Langston is deeply skeptical. He tracks down Col. De Jager, the most notorious torturer in the SA Police and tries to penetrate the mind of a monster, an experience that obliges him to confront his own demons. Anna Malan is an Afrikaans poet who is covering the hearings for radio. As a white South African she is shattered by the accounts of the cruelty and depravity committed by her fellow countrymen. Anna and Langston must both question their sense of identity. Where do they each belong? How responsible are they for what is done in the name of their respective countries? The moving testimony of the victims affects them deeply. In different ways they are both estranged from their families, and their shared experience draws them ever closer to each other. It is a story charting the unfathomable depths of human cruelty and the redeeming power of forgiveness and love. [转载]陈家琪： 和平、真相、正义与和解。ubuntu。人总要对自己负责。 1995年，美国黑人记者朗斯顿·惠特菲尔德去南非采访“真理及和解”委员会，这是前圣公会大主教迪斯蒙·图图领导的种族隔离调查组织，他们听证的目的不仅是要弄清楚那些野蛮的犯罪，还要与受害者一起与种族主义者作斗争。在这期间，他结识了一位南非白人女记者安娜·马兰，她也正在为电台做听证会报道。两人在种族隔离时代的尾声中，开始了一段黑白恋情。
