On the larger of two islands in the southern Atlantic seas, a baby girl is born one dark winter’s day, while the spindrift wind sings strange songs around the gullies and cliffs. But Gulai’s mother dies soon after giving birth to her, and her father, Dr Orion Prosper, the only medical doctor on the island, blames himself.For days afterwards he stays locked in his room, refusing to talk to anyone. But Gulai never stops crying and her aunt is forc ...
Daan Dreyer voel soos ’n has-been. Sy vrou het hom gelos (“Ek het jou ontgroei, Daan”) en sy twee kinders rol hul oe vir sy musieksmaak en gee eenwoord-antwoorde op al sy vrae. By die werk gaan dit ook maar droewig – hy is na alles ’n wit man van amper vyftig. Sy beste pel, Neels, se vrou gee vir hom ’n blou geranium, om sy donker woonstelletjie mee op te kikker. Maar wat Daan betref, gaan dit veel meer as ’n malvaplant vat om weer vrolikheid en ...
In It’s Me, Anna South Africans were introduced to a girl-child few would ever forget. Anna was a survivor of hell – for eight long years she was sexually abused by her stepfather. But she got away from him, and from that life. In the final moments of It’s Me, Anna she looked her stepfather in the eye, and shot him.But what happened to Anna after she pulled the trigger? In this follow-up Anchien Troskie, writing once again as Elbie Lotter, tells ...
Die opvolg op Dis ek, Anna. Wat het met Anna gebeur die oomblik na sy die sneller getrek het? Na sy haar stiefpa wat haar soveel jare lank fisies en emosioneel verrinneweer het, vroeg een oggend in Bloemfontein in die oe gekyk, en toe geskiet het? Agt jaar na die verskyning van Dis ek, Anna neem Anchien Troskie aldus Elbie Lotter weer haar pen op, en skryf die opvolg. Hoe vra ’n mens vergifnis, en wanneer mag jy wraak neem? Dit is die vrae waarm ...
Life Underwater tells the story of the three Machabeus brothers: Jude, Simon and younger Eli, first as children and teenagers, and then as grown men upon the death of their father. The material of family life is wrought into something compelling, beautiful and visceral – magnifying the tragedies, and singular triumphs, of the everyday. ...
“Ek is Mara, die dogter van Bavaria Mara gebore ter see.” So begin die Sandveldse roman oor die wel en wee van Mara, dogter van Bavaria Mara en Jakop Brandt, die tweede seun van ‘n Sandveldboer van die plaas De Heuwel, teen die oewer van die Bergrivier. Vroeg al verloor Mara haar hart op Theunis, enigste erfgenaam van die buurplaas, Misverstand, maar haar pa Jakop is ’n onverbiddelike man, en dikwels onredelik. ’n Meesleurende lekkerleesroman, u ...
Margot is a late-night talk radio host – the perfect job for an outspoken insomniac. Her Kalk Bay home is crowded with wonderfully evocative characters such as her teenage daughter, Pia, her hopelessly romantic yet mostly absent lover Curtis, and the family hanger-on, Mr Morland, a professional psychic. Finally there’s her mother, Zoe, once the acclaimed author of a quirky self-help volume with the same title, but now increasingly senile. In thi ...
Whom do you trust when nothing is as it seems? In the aftermath of her mother’s sudden death, psychologist Maria Petros confronts disturbing questions.What is the secret society that her mother frequented? Who is the philosopher Maria meets in a therapy session, and why is he pursuing her with such vigour? As she delves into her mother’s strange life, she finds herself seduced . . . and facing grave danger.When in Broad Daylight I Open My Eyes i ...
Hans Meintjies woon saam met sy ma en broer in Bishop Lavis. Bedags vleg hy rottangmandjies by die Civilian Blind Society in Soutrivier, en saans droom hy van teruggaan skool toe, van iets maak van sy lewe. Een oggend op pad werk toe help ’n blondekop-vrou hom oor Voortrekkerweg, nog voor hy ’n woord kan uitkry. Dit neem nie lank voor hy en die blondekop vriende raak nie. Erika moedig hom aan om lid te word van die plaaslike rolbalklub vir blind ...
