'n Droë wit seisoen by André P. Brink

'n Droë wit seisoen (Afrikaans Anti-Apartheid Classic in Wrappers)

André P. Brink's Landmark Afrikaans Novel of One Man's Awakening to the Injustice of Apartheid

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: 'n Droë wit seisoen: roman
• Author: André P. Brink
• Publisher: Human & Rousseau, Kaapstad Pretoria
• Publication Date: 2005
• ISBN-10: 079814520X
• Binding: Publisher's illustrated card wrappers (paperback), perfect bound, with a yellow spine.
• Physical Format: Large softcover (trade paperback) format.
• Language: Afrikaans

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Exterior / Wraps: The illustrated card wrappers, with a landscape photograph, are clean and bright, with sharp corners and a clean yellow spine that sits straight. The edges are clean. A bookshop price sticker with a barcode is affixed to the lower right of the back cover.
• Interior: The pages are clean, with no foxing or markings. The binding is tight. No inscriptions, stamps or ex-library marks.
• The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)

Synopsis & Historical Value

'n Droë wit seisoen ("A Dry White Season") is André P. Brink's Afrikaans political novel, set around the Soweto unrest of 1976. Ben du Toit, an ordinary white schoolteacher, begins to investigate the death of a black man in police detention. His inquiries lead him to question the system that shaped him and to rebel against it. He is helped along the way by a Soweto taxi driver and a journalist.

The novel was initially banned in South Africa, though Brink managed to get 3,000 copies out through an underground press. It is now regarded as a landmark of South African literature. A film adaptation followed in 1989.

This is the Human & Rousseau paperback issued in 2005, a good reading and collecting copy of a key work of anti-apartheid fiction in the original Afrikaans. The novel first appeared from Taurus in 1979.

Author Profile: André P. Brink

André Philippus Brink was born in Vrede on 29 May 1935 and died on 6 February 2015. One of the most important Afrikaans novelists of his generation, he often wrote each novel in both Afrikaans and English.

His Kennis van die Aand (1973) was the first Afrikaans book banned by the government. His other novels include Rumours of Rain (1978, shortlisted for the Booker Prize), A Chain of Voices (1982) and Die Muur van die Pes (1984).

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