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“ingrid winterbach”

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  • To Hell With Cronjé

    by Ingrid Winterbach ...
    Translated by Ingrid Winterbach, Elsa Silke ...
    The events in this novel take place during the last few weeks of the Anglo-Boer War. A small group of Boer soldiers departs from the Colony to the Free State to take a traumatised young man back to his home. Two of the men, Reitz Steyn and Ben Maritz, are scientists, and the novel focuses on their experiences. The suffering and hardships of the war left its mark on this little group, and ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Road of Excess

    by Ingrid Winterbach ...
    Die benederyk, the Afrikaans edition of this novel, was awarded the M-Net Prize in 2011. The novel has been translated into English by award-winning author and translator, Leon de Kock. This is the story of two brothers – Aaron and Stefaans Adendorff – the one an artist, the other an ex-addict. When Aaron’s gallery owner, Knuvelder, lets him down, Bubbles Bothma, neighbour and friend ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Shallows

    by Ingrid Winterbach ...
    Translated by Michiel Heyns ...
    Painter Nick Steyn moves to the City Bowl in Cape Town after separating from his partner, Isabel. A young boarder moves in with Nick and they soon become friends. But one night she does not come home, and his attempts to trace her come to nothing. A few weeks later the prosperous artist Buks Verhoef makes an offer on Nick’s house. Is there a connection between these events, and if so, could Nick’s ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • It Might Get Loud

    by Ingrid Winterbach ...
    Translated by Michiel Heyns ...
    After a disturbing phone call, Karl Hofmeyr departs for Cape Town to help his brother, Iggy, who is apparently running amok. Karl - hard-core heavy metal fan - valiantly contends with inner demons as well as outer obstacles. Meanwhile Maria Volschenk embarks on a journey to understand her sister's search for enlightenment . . . and her subsequent death. These two narratives converge on a highly ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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