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6 December 2013, Johannesburg. Gin has returned home from New York to throw a party for her mother's eightieth birthday; a few blocks away, at the Residence, Nelson Mandela's family prepares to announce Tata's death... So begins Johannesburg, Fiona Melrose's searing second novel. An irascible mother, an anxious daughter trying to negotiate her birthplace and her past, her former lover, their domestic workers, a homeless hunchback fighting for justice, a mining magnate, a troubled novelist called Virginia - these are the characters who give voice to the city on a day hot with nerves and tension and history. Set across the course of a single day, responsive to Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway, Johannesburg is a profound hymn to an extraordinary city, and a devastating personal and political manifesto on love.
Verhale uit die hartland. Al die Karoostories wat Etienne van Heerden tot op hede geskryf het, word vir die eerste keer in een bundel versamel. Dit sluit onder andere in “Die gas in Rondawel Wilhelmina”, een van sy heel sterkste tekste. Heerlike verhale wat Van Heerden se suiwer aanvoeling vir die woord en sy vermoë tot knap karakterisering en situasietekening demonstreer, almal geplaas binne ’n landskap wat hom besonder na aan die hart lê.
A story of a boy’s complicated relationship with his violent, but charismatic, alcoholic father. The son, Paul, recalls periods that his parents reconciled, followed by times of desperate flight with his damaged mother. It is also a poignant coming-of-age and a coming-out tale as Paul discovers his identity. And a story of brotherly love, as he seeks to protect from harm his estranged half-brother – the only other person who can call that man ‘Dad’.
Against the backdrop of a world in flux at the start of a new century, Arctic Summer portrays the life of British writer E. M. Forster: his inner turmoil, his search for love and the story behind one of the greatest novels in English, A Passage to India. In 1912, Forster follows his friend Syed Ross Masood to India. It is on this journey – travelling around the country while it is still under British rule – that the seeds of his novel are planted. But it will be another twelve years, and a second time spent in India, before his book is published. Between these two journeys lie the writing of an unpublishable novel, the outbreak of the First World War, and a long stay in Alexandria, where he has an unlikely affair with an Egyptian tram conductor. As we follow Forster across continents – stuttering, aching, his love mostly unrequited – Galgut captures with colour and exquisite delicacy the England, India and Egypt of the era. Meticulously researched, Arctic Summer conjures the figure of Forster in all his contradictory genius, providing a fascinating glimpse into the creation of a masterpiece.
For years, it has been what is called a 'deteriorating situation'. Now all over South Africa the cities are battlegrounds. The members of the Smales family - liberal whites - are rescued from the terror by their servant, July, who leads them to refuge in his native village. What happens to the Smaleses and to July - the shifts in character and relationships - gives us an unforgettable look into the terrifying, tacit understandings and misunderstandings between blacks and whites.
Henk Andreas de Melker, eerste museumassistent in 'n klein dorpie in die Oos-Kaap, kry onverwags 'n brief van 'n juris in Nederland. Die brief lig Henk in dat hy sy lankverdwene Tante Zan se huis in Amsterdam geerf het. Tante Zan met die geheime lewe, waarvan Henk in Amsterdam gaan uitvind. Ook Tante Zan, die aktrise met die onverwoesbare erotiese drif en die politieke aktivis met die voorliefde vir vreemde vriende, soos die rolprentmaker Cecil Dimaggio en die Luandese straatmusikant van die Leidse plein. Ten slotte moet Henk kies of hy in Amsterdam gaan woon, en of hy na Suid-Afrika gaan terugkeer. Maar eers moet hy alles oopvlek wat van hom weggesteek is, en sy eie lewe opnuut leer ken. Sy dertig nagte in Amsterdam verander die besadigde Henk de Melker se lewe vir altyd.
'n Leeftyd Se Bekruip is ’n bundel verhale vol humor en avontuur. Dit gaan oor die te-voet-jag van kleinwild tot grootwild en strek oor verskillende lande en kontinente heen. Dit gebeur nie aldag dat ‘n boer ‘n boek publiseer nie. Maar Dawie Strauss is nie ‘n gewone boer nie. Hy is ‘n boer én ‘n skrywer, ‘n jagter én ’n bewaarder. ‘n Boek wat op jou bedkassie of leunstoel, op jou see-handdoek of tydens jou vliegtuigrit op jou sal wag en sal sorg vir ‘n lekkerlees-avontuur. Sterre en kampvuur. Vriendskap en heimwee. Die bos róép…
Raw, beautiful prose exposes a world in which humour and despair exist in equal measures, a world where the need to succeed, to strike it rich, brings out the best and the worst of human nature. Room 207 takes the reader to a Johannesburg that is the very heart of South Africa, to a room in which six young men struggle to make their dreams come true in the “dream city”. For more than ten years, they have lived in Room 207 of a dilapidated block of flats in Hillbrow. By day, they are hustlers – they hustle production companies, they have their own music company, they survive. At night, they party. Room 207 paints a vivid, engrossing picture of their lives and their sense of hopelessness of having to compromise their lives. They are artists, these men, but have to make a living. Otherwise, fate would call them back home – not driving their own BMW, but leaving the way they arrived: in a taxi, with empty pockets, and nothing to show for their years in Johannesburg.
Haar kans op vir ewig en altyd is nou. Vyf jaar na haar egskeiding is Milan 'n bedrywige sakevrou met 'n vol lewe. Estie, Milan se stiefdogter, het pas begin werk as junior rekenmeester met groot drome om die korporatiewe leer te klim. Jessica, Estie se rna, het sewentien jaar gelede haar rug op Vaalkrans gekeer en bestuur nou 'n gewilde trouplaas. Drie suksesvolle vroue met vervulde lewens, of so wil dit voorkom. Vaalkrans en die gebeure van die verlede het egter steeds 'n houvas op elkeen. Milan kan nie vir Herk vergeet nie, en alhoewel sy die seuns gereeld sien, is Estie se verwerping pynlik. Estie is steeds verbitterd teenoor Milan en haar ma, en sukkel met 'n eetversteuring wat besig is om handuit te ruk. Jessica is in 'n rolstoel en aanvaar haar gestremdheid as straf vir die feit dat sy haar gesin versaak het. Die troues wat sy reel, is 'n poging om boete te doen. Wanneer Milan se lewe onverwags ontwrig word, begin die domino's een vir een kantel, en word hierdie drie vroue wie se lewens ineengeweef is, onkeerbaar geraak. Durf hulle 'n kans op geluk, 'n kans op vir altyd, waag?
Die storie van Jono, die alleenloper-visserman, wat een dag ‘n wonderwerk vang. Jono is ’n alleenloper-visserman wat met harde werk sy skuld moet terugbetaal. Uncle Mike is ’n fabriekbaas wat worstel om kop bo water te hou. Die Baai is ’n klein plekkie waarvan die inwoners al vir generasies op dieselfde manier hengel. En nou’s daar nie meer vis nie. Wanneer uitlanders met reuse vissersbote opdaag, steier dié eenvoudige gemeenskap onder die fratsgolwe van ’n veranderende wêreld. Hoe gaan die Baai dit oorleef? Maar die seun het ’n sonderlinge talent: hy kan die visse se gedagtes hoor. En in die dieptes skuil ’n groot geheim, iets wat slegs Jono met sy lyn kan uitkatrol…
Meet the Mafus, a close-knit, traditional family with three daughters. As leaders of their church, The Kingdom of God, Pastor Abraham and his wife Phumla are guiding the community of Bulawayo in faith, while trying to keep the different branches of their family intact. Independent and feisty Xoliswa returns home, after a hiatus abroad, hoping for a fresh start and a chance to steer the family business; rebellious Yandisa has met the love of her life and is finally getting her act together; while dutiful newlywed Zandile is slowly becoming disillusioned with her happily ever after. The Mafus always present a united front, but as their personal lives unravel, devastating secrets are revealed that threaten to tear the family apart. For how long will they be able to hide behind the façade of a picture-perfect family?
Lizet Vos ontdek tydens die opruim van haar vermoorde suster se woonstel Marina se kluitklaplys. Hierna probeer sy om alles op dié lysie te doen - al is al die gewaagde, gevaarlike dinge eintlik heel teen haar aard. Haar eie drome skuif sy ver agtertoe. Totdat haar broer Evan se lewe met dié van Anya Breedt verstrengel raak. Nou vorm Stephen en sy dogtertjie Soekie deel van familiekuiers. Stephen spartel om na sy vrou se dood die balle in die lug te hou; hy het geen tyd vir ʼn donkerkop met blou oë wat hom hinder nie. Soekie mag dalk in Lizet se klas wees, maar hy is vasbeslote om juffrou Vos te vermy. Na ses maande kan hy egter die uitnodiging om klasbesoek te doen nie verder ignoreer nie. Vir die lewe om sin te maak, moet Stephen en Lizet beide opnuut hulle eie drome ontdek.
'n Wit man soos Paul is so goed soos kroonwild ... In die vorige bedeling was Paul van Heerden se lewe een van gemak: groot huis in Pretoria se vooraanstaande woonbuurt, vanselfsprekende bevordering in die werk, welvaart en voorspoed. Toe kom die opstande en die grondbesetting. Nou word die Volksrepubliek van Azanie deur Die Party regeer. Alle wit mense is Weskaap toe verban. Die wat in Azanie wil werk, word toegelaat, maar word onderwerp aan dieselfde vernederende praktyke wat gedurende die Apartheidsjare beoefen is. Paul se vrou en kinders sit in 'n tentekamp in die Kaap, hy bly in 'n hostel en sukkel om sy werk te behou. Paul het egter 'n plan: hy begin met mampoer smokkel. Kort voor lank het hy 'n weldoener en sakevenoot in Thabo Ntombela, mampoerstokers en verspreiders. Maar in Azanie wil elkeen sy deel hê en 'n wit man soos Paul is so goed soos kroonwild.
Set in the taxi industry, the story's main characters are a poor taxi driver, a wealthy taxi owner and the taxi driver's girlfriend. Crime fiction featuring paranormal elements, The Last Stop combines gritty realism with the magical. It shows what happens between people in times of taxi violence and deals with themes of lust, betrayal and revenge. The Last Stop is an engaging, clever, interesting and darkly enjoyable read with an incredible plot twist at the end.
Yusuf Carrim has made it in New York. His tech-savvy coverage of the Arab Spring saw his journalism career skyrocket. But when his wealthy father asks him to help look for Sam, a missing family friend, he must return to South Africa. Yusuf ’s search takes him to places he could never have imagined. Enlisting the help of an eccentric professor and Sam’s exotic uncle, Yusuf discovers facts that undermine a lifetime’s assumptions about his own identity – and prompt him to step up the search for Sam before it is too late. From the suburbs of Johannesburg to the streets of Bulawayo, from Dubai airport to an immigrant facility on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, Yusuf ’s quest to find Sam turns into an inward journey of his own. The Thunder That Roars is international journalist Imran Garda’s cosmopolitan, fast-paced debut.
Vars, snaaks, speels - liefdesverhale vir alle generasies. Agt (8) lekkerlees-verhale wat Ma, Ouma, Tannie en Dogter kan deel - sonder om te bloos! Hierdie omnibus is 'n samestelling van agt RomanzaLiefde-novelles: Soos hout en konfetti, Net in stories, Gelukkige nommer 13, Kersie bo-op, Net drie woorde, Kakie, stewels en liefde, Net ons twee en Om haar pinkie. Soos hout en konfetti - Jacolet van den Berg Max is banger vir vroue en trou as die duiwel vir 'n slypsteen. Maar sy hart werk oortyd as hy Sandra Sinclair sien. Sy maak hom ongemaklik, want hy weet: Sy mag dalk net sy ondergang beteken. Net in stories - Rika Cloete Altyd die strooimeisie, nooit die bruid nie. Dit is Maddie Schoeman. Totdat sy een keer opkyk in 'n strooijonker, Wynand Raath, se mooi oë. Skielik is liefde nie net vir storieboeke bedoel nie, maar ook vir haar. Gelukkige nommer 13 - Corné La Camera (debuutskrywer) Hoeveel mislukte afsprake neem dit voor jy meneer perfek ontmoet? Na twaalf wou Renate 'n ferm streep trek, want die opsies van 'n spiertier tot 'n IT-nerd is maar yl. Maar dalk is dertien haar gelukkige nommer? Kersie bo-op - Bernette Bergenthuin Marcelle se lieflingtante skryf haar in om deel te neem aan die werklikheidsprogram Baas-van-die-plaas. Eers is sy woedend, maar nadat sy Basjan Rademan ontmoet het, moet sy erken dat haar tante dalk van beter weet. Net drie woorde - Nadia de Bruin (debuutskrywer) Janne wen rugbykaartjies oor die radio en gaan later die aand van die Springbokspelers in hul losie ontmoet. Haar hart maak wilde draaie toe Arend, een van haar ou skoolvriende onder die groep rugbyspelers is. Kakie, stewels en liefde - Lizelle von Wielligh (debuutskrywer, het later 'n Romanza gepubliseer) Craig hou nie van mooi vroue nie, Lauren vertrou nie mans wat van mooi vroue hou nie. Hulle behoort pasmaats te wees, maar onwelkome gevoelens hou hulle uitmekaar. Sal hulle ooit besef dis liefdesvonke, nie irritasie nie? Net ons twee - Petronel Louw Een kopverlooroomblik en Rozelle en Francois se verhouding verander vir ewig. Skielik is hy nie meer haar broer se beste vriend en haar 'ander ouboet' nie, maar die man wat die vlinders in haar maag energie gee om amok te maak. Om haar pinkie - Didi Potgieter Willem loop draaie om Melissa nadat hulle 'n soen gedeel het, want hy kan homself nie rondom haar vertrou nie. Wat is dit aan dié pragtige brunet wat so met hom toor? Waarom kan sy hom moeiteloos om haar pinkie draai? Strooisuikerliefde is deel van die uitbreiding van die Romanza-handelsmerk. Die novelles het as e-boeke onder die RomanzaLiefde-vaandel verskyn en was nie voorheen gedruk nie.
An extraordinary, ambitious, globe-spanning novel about what we owe our consciences. Fleeing her moribund marriage in Cape Town, Beth accepts a diplomatic posting to Shanghai. In this anonymous city she hopes to lose herself in books, wine, and solitude, and to dodge whatever pangs of conscience she feels for her fealty to a South African regime that, by the 21st century, has betrayed its early promises. At night, she hears the sound of typing, and then late one evening Zhao arrives at her door. They explore hidden Shanghai and discover a shared love of Langston Hughes–who had his own Chinese and African sojourns. But then Zhao vanishes, and a typewritten manuscript–chunk by chunk–appears at her doorstep instead. The truths unearthed in this manuscript cause her to reckon with her own past, and the long-buried story of what happened to Kay, her fearless, revolutionary friend… Connecting contemporary Shanghai, late Apartheid-era South Africa, and China during the Great Leap Forward and the Tiananmen uprising–and refracting this globe-trotting and time-traveling through Hughes’ confessional letters to a South African protege about the poet’s time in Shanghai–How to Be a Revolutionary is an amazingly ambitious novel. It’s also a heartbreaking exploration of what we owe our countries, our consciences, and ourselves.
Drie sexy, sensuele en romantiese verhale deur drie gewilde skrywers: Anderkant die volmaan deur Ettie Bierman, Bambi en die boef deur Anita du Preez en Victoriavalle van liefde deur Lizet Engelbrecht.
Web van liefde is ñ samestelling van Rykie Roux se vorige Romanzas - Mariek en die magnaat; Satynprinses & Naweekbruid.
For Hannah, born from Nandi, and adopted by Patrick and Fiona, it is not so easy to work out who she really is. Is she the privileged daughter of an upper middle class British couple or is she an unwanted South African child who needed an adoptive family? How can she reconcile these two personas, especially when she looks so different from her adoptive parents? In her questioning mind, she appears to be not white enough for Britain, but not black enough for Africa. As she grows older, her identity issues become greater until they threaten to engulf her. Her parents, wanting to be faithful to a promise they made to her birth mother, but also desperately frightened of losing their child to her birth heritage, are not forthcoming when it comes to answering her questions. This makes her feel she can’t trust them and alienates her further. It is only when she re-establishes a connection with the country of her birth that Hannah starts to work through the issues that trouble her in her search to find the peace that appears to be so elusive.
Die ding lyk geheel en al anders noudat dit in die ope is, noudat dit in die lig is. Ian Strydom het twee gesinne: Madelein en driejarige Liam vir wie hy soveel tyd moontlik steel, en Henriette en sy ouer kinders wat hom al minder nodig het. Henriette vermoed haar man het 'n verhouding, maar wil dit nie aan haarself erken dat haar prentjiegesin aan die verbrokkel is nie. Haar geluk draai om dié lewe wat sy deur soveel jare opgebou het, en waarvoor sy so baie prysgegee het. Madelein, aan die ander kant, is bewus van Ian se vrou en kinders. Haar verhouding met Ian was aanvanklik slegs platonies, maar nou besef sy dat sy te vas aan hom gegroei het. En klein Liam begin vrae vra oor sy pappa wat bykans nooit by die huis slaap nie. Veel langer sal sy nie 'n leuen kan lewe nie. Wanneer een van Ian se ouer kinders hom toevallig saam met sy tweede gesin sien, kan Ian nie langer die onafwendbare besluit wat hy moet neem uitstel nie. 'n Besluit wat nie net 'n omwenteling in sy eie lewe gaan bring nie, maar ook in die lewens van al die mense wat hy liefhet.
’n Fratskoeël het hulle dit genoem. Die een wat hulle nefie, Jaco, in
die voorkop net bo sy oog getref het. Sy ouers het die drie niggies vir
sy dood verantwoordelik gehou.
From South Africa to Iceland, rural Belgium and the Alps, the stories in Mad Honey radiate out to encompass the globe. In Johannesburg a couple raise their son in leafy suburbia, while their cleaner’s child must face the inequities of their country head on. Amid Reykjavik’s arctic landscape, a woman takes mad honey with the man who has left her for another, and spends a chilling night with a violent Russian and his companion. And in New England two lovers face the cruelty of a host whose humanity has left him, while a mother takes pity on a street child she finds on a platform at Park Station. Crowning this collection is a story cycle featuring a young Namibian and his Japanese friend, who spend a claustrophobic night in a chateau with a dark pool of glimmering eels – this after being pulled into a tragedy on the ski slopes of Italy. Following on from his multi award-winning first collection, published in English as The Alphabet of Birds, SJ Naudé’s second collection of short stories disturbs, surprises and enthrals.
Adam Human het ’n verskriklike geheim. So groot, om die waarheid te
vertel, dat hy eers sou moes doodgaan as hy ooit ’n kans vir oor begin
wou hê. Hy sou alles moes agterlaat en wegraak in een van die laaste
wildernisse op aarde. |
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