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Henok kry ’n verrassing wanneer sy vrou in Israel kom kuier. Re’uven se pyn oor sy eersgeborene se dood lź nog vlak. Dit laat Marc wonder of hy Adonai nog sal kan liefhź as dit hom sou tref. Hy voel verskeur tussen sy gesin en sy ma met haar eie hartseer in Suid-Afrika. Tog vind hy troos in die wete dat Adonai se weė ver bo ons verstand verhewe is.
When her sister, Fikile, dies after bravely fighting breast cancer, Anele cannot give in to sadness; she has to ensure that the cultural ceremonies and rituals associated with the burial are performed. Fikile’s husband, Thiza, absent during her dying days, is still nowhere to be found. As mourners arrive at the house in the township of New Hope for the period of grieving, old family conflicts lurk under the surface. All the while, Anele is haunted by memories of Fikile, who sacrificed her youth to take over their household; who got involved with her teacher and eventually trapped herself in a marriage with him. Only Anele knows of the chance Fikile had to start over in later years. But then cancer struck. A betrayal causes Anele’s own support system to crumble, but she still has to care for her mother and for Fikile’s children. Will her life take the same course as Fikile’s? Is her sole purpose ensuring the happiness of others? Or is she allowed to want something more?
Jana is net drie jaar oud toe haar ma tydens ’n besoek aan Ierland spoorloos verdwyn. Op die Bolandse wynplaas Stormkloof treur KleinStorm oor sy pragtige vrou wat hom met haar fluitmusiek betower het. Jana verlang ook na haar ma. Snags roep die wind haar buitentoe, dieselfde wind wat ’n hele huis kan optel en anderkant die berge kan neersit. Maar Jana is nie bang vir die storm nie. As sy mooi na die wind luister, hoor sy die soet, hoė note van haar ma se fluit. Een so ’n stormnag ontmoet Jana vir !X’uri − ’n klein dogtertjie, bruin soos klip, met net ’n velletjie om haar heupe en ’n wit stringetjie krale om haar nek. !X’uri kom uit ’n gat in die grond waar die groot olienhoutboom se wortels eens was. !X’uri het gekom omdat dit tyd is om Jana se ma te soek. Stormkind is ’n betowerende, liriese verhaal oor verlies, vergifnis en die kulturele erfenis van die Boesmans.
n Verhaal wat die kruis van outisme genadeloos oopvlek. Sentraal in hierdie aangrypende gegewe staan twee onvergeetlike vrouekarakters: Ingrid Dorfling, ma van Alexander, wat die grense van wanhoop oorskry in haar verbete stryd om die kind wat hulle gesinslewe ontwrig "mens" te laat word. En in die proses omtrent alles wat kosbaar is, verloor. Parallel met Ingrid staan Miriam - oppasma - wat met haar kinderlike godsvertroue en aardse wysheid die enigste is wat tot "Boetatjie" kan deurdring. Die gelyknamige film (met Diaan Lawrenson in die hoofrol) begin op 16 Februarie 2018 in fliekteaters draai!
Wenner van die tweede prys in die Sanlam-Tafelberg Romanwedstryd in 2009. n Meesleurende verhaal uit die vyftiger- en sestigerjare, toe die Suid-Afrikaanse platteland nog sy geheime kon bewaar. Carli Botha is amper sewe jaar oud toe haar Italiaansgebore ma sterf tydens die geboorte van haar wanskape boetie. Sy word agtergelaat in die sorg van haar dranksugtige pa, Wilhelm. Dora, wat ook soms in die plaashuis help, kom tot Carli se redding.
Isabella staak haar studies en durf saam met Gideon die harde wereld van die Noord-Kaap aan, waar sy met die aardsheid van die mynmense kennis maak. Na haar dogter se geboorte ruk die lewe haar voete onder haar uit: stemme klink op die wind uit die kameeldoringbos, en sy bevind haar in 'n ondenkbare situasie. Versoening kom op onverwagte wyses, totdat sy haar kopdokter vind: die suidoos langs die branders by Bloubergstrand. ?Isabella ?is n deurdagte verkenning van n ongewone moederskap.
Vir die eerste keer is vier van Deon Meyer se Afrikaanse filmdraaiboeke nou saam gebundel.
Jakhalsdans:
Die laaste tango:
Die ballade van Robbie de Wee:
Jagveld:
Nį jare van ontbering vind Mina Afrika geluk in Whitewing Lodge, ’n gastehuis op die rotse naby Visbaai. In die moderne kombuis leef sy haar ten volle uit as sjef; sy raak al hoe meer betrokke by die interessantste mense. Dan verander 'n doodgewone aankondiging oor bykomende gaste vir middagete alles. Skielik word dit weer nag vir Mina. En vir die mense naaste aan haar.
Things I used to wish were true:
1. On the morning of your twenty-first birthday you were handed a top-secret manual explaining how to be a grown-up. It’s 2017 in Cape Town. The dams are empty. There’s a gangster in charge of the country. Leigh-Anne may look like she’s keeping it together in her Southern suburbs world, but really she’s unravelling. A letter has arrived from her ageing dad, asking forgiveness for some unknown sordid deed. What on earth is that about? Then there’s the tortuous sex with her psychiatrist husband Samuel and the fact that she can’t stop fantasising about her colleague Omar. Inexplicably, one of her kids is wetting the bed while the other one’s turning into a little tyrant. Her batty best friend continues to offload her crises – the latest is a paternity test for Gwendal’s troubled teenage daughter. Meanwhile, Leigh-Anne’s supposed to be organising a play about sexual abuse with grade sevens in Gugulethu. It’s not going very well. How is a woman supposed to cope? With chocolate and wine, of course, and by making plenty of lists (things feel much more manageable when you write them down in threes). But all is not what it seems. Leigh-Anne has a secret of her own. In her quest for answers, she will have to betray everyone she loves; only then can she truly come out of hiding.
Ruby has to deal with the news of her father’s death and her sex
scandal simultaneously trending on social media. Vimbai has been
captured and Nosihle returns to Harare where her path crosses with
Joshua, Shadow’s second in command.
Soms lź ek in my bed, my lyf opgekrul om herinneringe aan hom, totdat
dit voel asof die woonstel se dak oplig en die mure wegval en ek omhels
word deur die nag se fluweelsagte duisternis. Dan dryf ek uit my lyf,
tot in die buitenste ruim waar my ouers glo al vir dekades lank saam
met ruimterommel en stukkies meteoriet, al om en om ’n hemelliggaam
sweef.
Hoe kyk ’n mens terug na jou lewe en wens jy het ‘n ander vurk in die pad geneem? Wat sou gebeur het as? As? In dié diep ontroerende novelle toor die skrywer soos ’n alchemis van ouds met verdriet en spyt. Dit is ’n liefdesroman, ’n elegie aan die verlore liefde. Die verteller verlang terug na Anders, na Jena, na Duitsland. Maar die verlede spoel ’n mens rond soos die see. Nou is dit te laat. Vir altyd te laat.
Anxious about her prospects after leaving a stagnant job, Tambudzai finds herself living in a run-down youth hostel in downtown Harare. For reasons that include her grim financial prospects and her age, she moves to a widow’s boarding house and eventually finds work as a biology teacher. But at every turn in her attempt to make a life for herself, she is faced with a fresh humiliation, until the painful contrast between the future she imagined and her daily reality ultimately drives her to a breaking point. In This Mournable Body, Tsitsi Dangarembga returns to the protagonist of her acclaimed first novel, Nervous Conditions, to examine how the hope and potential of a young girl and a fledgling nation can sour over time and become a bitter and floundering struggle for survival. As a last resort, Tambudzai takes an ecotourism job that forces her to return to her parents’ impoverished homestead. This homecoming, in Dangarembga’s tense and psychologically charged novel, culminates in an act of betrayal, revealing just how toxic the combination of colonialism and capitalism can be.
Alex het 'n teorie oor chaos. Waar hy ookal gaan, volg dit hom. Dis hoekom hy joernalis geword het en hom nou in Tanzanie bevind. By 'n troue iewers tussen Dar es Salaam en Arusha ontmoet Alex vir Ranna, 'n vryskutfotograaf met 'n bos swart krulhare, 'n t-hemp wat se Dr. Seuss is altyd reg, en 'n verlede waaroor sy nie praat nie. Alex wat lankal nie meer in Die Liefde glo nie, weet: dit is hoe dit voel. Maar dan haal die chaos hom in. Eers begin dit onophoudelik reen en paaie en dorpies spoel weg. En dan, wanneer die lyk van 'n Amerikaanse IT-biljoener op n strand uitspoel, word dit duidelik dat Ranna met rede haar verlede probeer begrawe. Waarom anders stel die polisie skielik in haar belang?
The Msibis, the Manamelas and the Jiyas are high-flying married couples who belong to the Khula Society, a social club with investment and glitzy benefits. The wives are smart, successful in their chosen careers and they lead lifestyles to match – jostling for pole position in the ‘Keeping up with the Khumalos’ stakes. The husbands have had their successes and failures, sometimes keeping dubious company and getting to the top of their fields by whatever means necessary. Beneath the veneer of marital bliss, however, lie many secrets. What will happen to their relationships when a devastating event affects all their lives?
The Polygamist weaves a tale of four women whose lives become intertwined when they all fall for wealthy banking magnate Jonasi. Seemingly indomitable, and oozing money, power and sex appeal, Jonasi is about to complicate all their lives forever.
The second book of the Many Shallows series. Milena, head strong yet sickly, spends her days confined to her bed. Her chronic illness has always prevented any chance of her marrying until, much to her dismay, a suitor finally takes interest. A prisoner in a pink room, it seems that Milena’s fate will be dictated by her family’s expectations. Or does an alternate future lie with Opal, a young maid from a mysterious world? Many Shallows reimagines the lives and afterlives of Franz Kafka’s three great loves: Felice, Milena, and Dora. Rather than side notes in the famous writer’s life or vehicles for his desire, these women are reincarnated as the protagonists of their own surreal, macabre worlds. Milena is the protagonist in The Windmill, the second book in the Many Shallows series. The Windmill explores the complex themes of body dysmorphia, sexuality and tradition.
Hugo hou sy hand in die lug. “Wag jy ook eers in die eetsaal. Ek gaan net gou die situasie bekyk. Ek kan nie toelaat dat hierdie ʼn sirkus word nie.” “Ek verstaan,” fluister Irma. ʼn Warm gloed van woede stoot teen haar wange op. Sirkus! Sy draai om en stap na die eetsaal waar die span en Inus reeds sit en wag. Irma frons. As almal siek is, is dit dan net die span en syself, Inus en Mari wat nie simptome toon nie. Hoe kan dit wees? Irma Mulder vind haarself steeds vasgevang na die reeksmoorde van die verlede. Die Bloedspore van haar verlede weerhou haar sosiale vryheid. Tog besluit sy om deel te neem aan die groot skryf uitdaging waarheen sy genooi is. Wat kan tog verkeerd gaan? Nes Irma dink dinge werk in haar guns val haar drome plat en staan sy te midde van ‘n massamoord. Weereens word sy as verdagte gesien deur Hugo. Gaan die saak vinnig opgelos word, en wat gaan oorbly van die reeds sukkelende vriendskap tussen haar en Hugo. Of gaan daar dalk die keer erkenning gegee word aan die liefde wat in haar hart brand?
The doctors and nurses at a small hospital in an African town are fighting an uphill battle against the Aids pandemic, made worse by the interventions of Holmes, the budget-conscious superintendent, and his bungling sidekick, Thunderbird. The rebellious and profane Morgan thwarts every new rule in his quest to save his patients, most of whom are dying because they lack the resources to buy back their lives with over-priced drugs. His efforts are valiantly supported by the enigmatic Oumar, the likeable Kenyan, the beautiful Violet, and Rebecca, the battleaxe with a heart of gold. Then there is Mary, with her passion for birds, holding Morgan’s heart in her frail hands; Naledi, the success story, who is brought back from the brink of death; and Rastodika, the untameable spirit. When funds are needed for a kidney transplant, Morgan conspires with Father Michael; Dorcas, the shebeen queen; and Rachel, the whore, to make the rich Mr B organise a Beerfest to pay for the operation. But then things don’t work out exactly as they had planned.
In this lyrical, fragmented novella, Lethokuhle Msimang uses autobiographical and poetic interventions to lead the reader through landscapes of loss and longing, travelling between France, China, Spain and South Africa, to explore the troubled terrain of leaving and finding home. At once exhilarating, heart-breaking and haunting, The Frightened speaks to the complexity of relationships, the pain of love, the effects of trauma, the necessity and constant work of healing, and the unfulfillable wish to feel a true sense of belonging. It is the story of finding one’s voice amidst inherited violence, and the importance of art and creativity in that process.
Childhood friends, Liwa Nile and Noel Glass grow up in Port Alfred bound by hope and pure love for each other. But their deep dark desires bring in sinister trails of lust, murder and unclassified sexual escapades to the heart of Melrose Arch. When Liwa loses her beloved father, hear dear friend Noel comes to the rescue. As they grow their architecture business, it emerges that Noel is no ordinary painter. Her love for darkness quickly turns Liwa's wet bed into a nightmare. With every break of dawn, a soul falls. More bodies are soon disappearing and their business is thriving. Tyson Manson seeks sexual pleasure. So when a love affair boils over, he discovers more than expected. As he digs deeper into their past, more worms fill in the missing pieces. Will his findings destroy the bondages of a long-standing friendship?
Mariza, 'n bekende historiese romanskrywer, het haar woorde verloor nadat 'n brand haar huis byna in puin gelź het. Daarna sterf haar man en nou, 'n jaar later, haar Jack Russell wat 16 jaar haar metgesel was. Sy ontmoet Joubert Hofmeyr, en hulle vertrek op 'n reis na die Kgalagadi: Sy om haar woorde terug te kry en hy om meer vir sy navorsing oor sy voorgeslag se skades en skandes by haar uit te vind. Mariza en Joubert verskil soms, is 'n klankbord vir mekaar en ryg mekaar se stories aanmekaar, maar besef dat die verlede soms jou toekoms bepaal. Die goue draad deur die storie van vyf geslagte vroue is dat hul probleme universeel is. Dat die kollektiewe geheue van die vroue mekaar van geslag tot geslag beļnvloed. Die reis is alles is nie so eenvoudig nie. Dit is die medereisigers wat alles die moeite werd maak. Selfs die voorgeslagte oor eeue heen.
Athol Fugard is South Africa’s most prominent international playwright. This is his only novel. Tsotsi has been adopted as the Grade 11 official English novel in South Africa for 2016; a new generation will be exposed to Tsotsi and help it on its way to becoming a modern classic.
c. Johan Bakkes is die geliefde skrywer van aweregse reisjoernale. Amper twintig jaar nį die verskyning van c. Johan Bakkes se tweede boek, Nou’s ons in ons donner in tref dit weer die rak – nie slegs as heruitgawe nie, die skrywer het bygereis en bygewerk. Dit is ’n terugblik sowel as nuwe ervarings/ gewaarwordings soos net Bakkes dit kan verhaal. |
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