To Hell With Cronje (Paperback, Open Letter)

Two scientists, Reitz Steyn and Ben Maritz, find themselves in a transit camp for those temporarily and permanently unfit for battle during the Boer War. Captured on suspicion of desertion and treasonduring a trek across an unchanging desert of bushes, rocks, and ant hills to help transport a fellow-soldier, who has suffered debilitating shell-shock, to his motherthey are forced to await the judgment of a General Bergh, unsure whether they are to be conscripted into Berghs commando, allowed to continue their mission, or executed for treason. As the weeks pass, and the mens despair at ever returning to their families reaches its peak, they are sent on a bizarre mission . . . A South African Heart of Darkness, Ingrid Winterbachs To Hell with Cronj is a poetic exploration of friendship and camaraderie, an eerie reflection of the futility of war, and a thought-provoking re-examination of the founding moments of the South African nation.

General

Imprint:	Open Letter
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2010
First published:	September 2010
Authors:	Ingrid Winterbach
Dimensions:	215 x 139 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	239
Edition:	Open Letter
ISBN-13:	978-1-934824-30-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	1-934824-30-5
Barcode:	9781934824306

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