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Gilded Glass
(Hardcover)
Kevin J. Anderson, Allyson Longueira; Sherrilyn Kenyon
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R666
R605
Discovery Miles 6 050
Save R61 (9%)
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Blouwillestories is 'n keur uit Willem Theron se weeklikse rubrieke
in Beeld, Die Burger en Volksblad die afgelope agt jaar en is
geskryf in 'n humoristiese, tong-in-die-kies-trant. Dit handel
hoofsaaklik oor die lewe in die Ou en Nuwe Suid-Afrika. Blouwillem
vertel onder andere van sleepwabestuurstegnieke (of 'n tekort
daaraan), snorkers in die Wildtuin, sonde met jou bure se honde en
met jou honde se bure, bleskoppe en krullebolle, skooltake in die
nuwe bedeling en treinry in die ou bedeling. Blouwillem se
"skertse" sal geniet word deur mense van feitlik alle ouderdomme
(die gesensorde verhale sal selfs die kinders vermaak) wat graag
die humor in (soms ernstige) situasies raaksien en waardeer.
'Zekameron' comes from 'Zek' meaning prisoner and is a word-play on
Boccaccio's Decameron. 'He came back from interrogation looking
like death. Some people look better than he did when they're being
put in their coffin. "What happened then? Did they stick any other
articles of the Criminal Code on you? Or break your jaw?" "Nothing
like that. I've got toothache..." The 100 tales in Zekameron are
based on the 14th Century Decameron, but Znak is closer to Beckett
than to Boccaccio. Banality and brutality vie with the human
ability to overcome oppression. Znak's stories in different voices
chart 100 days in prison in Belarus today. The tone is laconic,
ironic; the humour sparse. The stories bear witness to resistance
and self-assertion and the genuine warmth and appreciation of
fellow prisoners.
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