Der Icherzähler des romanhaften Reiseberichts interessiert sich seit frühester Keinheit für die Kultur der Buschmänner; denn die Mutter seines Kindermädchens war eine San. Erzählungen und Mythen, die er als Kind hörte und jahrhundertealte Felszeichnungen beeindruckten ihn nachhaltig. Obwohl in se...
Van der Post’s incomparable knowledge of Africa illuminates this epic novel, set near the Kalahari Desert, about a boy on the verge of manhood, his experiences with the wonder and mystery of a still-primitive land, and his secret friendship with the Bushman whose life he saves. The narrative of A...
Luckily he was saved from having to do so by his father. For once Ouwa did not seem to find it necessary to support Lammie as he always did, even in the smallest things. It was as if his mind, through pain and sickness, was working in a dimension where things like ‘being late’ or &lsq...
