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Author: Sir Laurens Van Der Post
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.181kg
ISBN: 9780099428756
ISBN 10: 009942875
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 03 January 2002
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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General/trade
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Professional & Vocational
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
“No one can write more feelingly of Africa. An experience not to be missed.” – Elspeth Huxley
The Lost World of the Kalahari (1958) and The Heart of the Hunter (1961)...are loathed by San scholars and serious ethnologists. But they matter. Van der Post gave a face and a story to a discarded people before anyone else thought to do so. Guardian A master storyteller, he had the knack of identifying the significant, poetical image Sunday Times
The classic account of the Bushman's way of life. From the earliest days of his childhood in South Africa, Laurens van der Post heard tantalizing stories of the Bushmen that had once frequented the region, but who were now gone, murdered or driven away by other races who didn't understand their way of life. Time and again, people lamented their passing but observed that 'they couldn't be tamed'. Many years later, he set out for the Kalahari Desert, intrigued by stories he'd heard of Bushmen still living their ancient way of life. For all the overly poetic and sentimental terms in which he couches his writing, his account of the Bushmen is nonetheless a classic piece of travel writing and a still-powerful glimpse into a way of life close to nature and unaltered for many thousands of years. (Kirkus UK)
No one can write more feelingly of Africa. An experience not to be missed. <br>-- Elspeth Huxley <br><br> An outstanding book -- I rank Laurens van der Post with the best writers of English-this book confirms my constant admiration and the nobility of his mind. <br>-- Raymond Mortimer, Sunday Times<br> <br> I hope all those who are appalled by the destruction of Hiroshima will read this book-for a greater understanding of what man is capable of doing to his fellows in time of war. <br> -- Daily Telegraph<br><br> No one can write more feelingly of Africa -- an experience not to be missed. <br> -- Evening Standard<br>
No one can write more feelingly of Africa. An experience not to be missed. - Elspeth Huxley
Author Information
Laurens van der Post was born in Africa in 1906. Most of his adult life was spent his time divided between Africa and England. His professions of writer and farmer were interrupted by ten years in the army, behind enemy lines in Abyssinia, the Western Desert and the Far East where he was taken prisoner by the Japanese while commanding a small guerrilla unit. He went straight from prison back to active service in Java. He was awarded the CBE for his services in the field.
