Fascinating and intriguing, although at times a bit irritating in the sections where the characters were trying to "find themselves" and you knew even less than they did what was going on. Very of its time in the use of some of the descriptors ("mongoloid", "coloured" etc.), but other than that it could be happening today. What does it mean to be human? To be part of a community? How much do we need or owe each other? Thought-provoking.