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Mafeking Road is the first published collection of Herman Charles Bosman's Oom Schalk Lourens stories.This edition contains the original and unabridged text. Set in the Groot Marico in South Africa the stories are told through the eyes of Oom Schalk. The stories are wonderfully crafted, funny, tragic, and with many twists and turns. Oom Schalk is at times the wise old man of the Bosveld, the village idiot, a racist, a thoughtful voice on race relations, a bumbling romantic and a skilled match-maker.Oom Schalk gave Bosman the ability to craft stories that we love but where we can't escape the truth of South Africa's past.The gems include: Starlight on the VeldWillem Prinsloo's Peach BrandyIn the Withaak's ShadeOx-Waggons on TrekThe Music-MakerMarico ScandalMafeking RoadThe Love PotionMakapan's CavesYellow MoepelsBechuana InterludeBrown MambaDream by the Blue-GumsThe GramophoneThe ProphetDrieka and the MoonMampoerThe WidowVeld MaidenThe RooinekSplendours from RamoutsaThese stories have become true South African classics and we don't doubt that you will fall in love with every one of them.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781479264063
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 174
  • Udgivet:
  • 11. december 2012
  • Størrelse:
  • 152x229x10 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 263 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
Leveringstid: 8-11 hverdage
Forventet levering: 5. december 2024

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Mafeking Road is the first published collection of Herman Charles Bosman's Oom Schalk Lourens stories.This edition contains the original and unabridged text.
Set in the Groot Marico in South Africa the stories are told through the eyes of Oom Schalk. The stories are wonderfully crafted, funny, tragic, and with many twists and turns. Oom Schalk is at times the wise old man of the Bosveld, the village idiot, a racist, a thoughtful voice on race relations, a bumbling romantic and a skilled match-maker.Oom Schalk gave Bosman the ability to craft stories that we love but where we can't escape the truth of South Africa's past.The gems include: Starlight on the VeldWillem Prinsloo's Peach BrandyIn the Withaak's ShadeOx-Waggons on TrekThe Music-MakerMarico ScandalMafeking RoadThe Love PotionMakapan's CavesYellow MoepelsBechuana InterludeBrown MambaDream by the Blue-GumsThe GramophoneThe ProphetDrieka and the MoonMampoerThe WidowVeld MaidenThe RooinekSplendours from RamoutsaThese stories have become true South African classics and we don't doubt that you will fall in love with every one of them.

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