Dwars by Max du Preez

Dwars (Revised Afrikaans Edition of Du Preez's Memoir)

Max du Preez's Candid Afrikaans Memoir of a Journalist's Journey Out of Apartheid-Era Afrikaner Nationalism

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Dwars: Mymeringe van 'n gebleikte Afrikaan
• Author: Max du Preez
• Publisher: Zebra Press, Kaapstad
• Publication Date: 2009
• ISBN-13: 9781770220560
• Edition Details: Revised Afrikaans Edition, Zebra Press, 2009. Afrikaans version of the author's memoir Pale Native, with new material on recent South African and Afrikaner politics.
• Binding: Publisher's illustrated laminated card wrappers in cream, black and red.
• Physical Format: Large softcover (trade paperback) format. With illustrated cover and opinions on the author printed on the back cover.
• Language: Afrikaans

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good (VG)
• Exterior / Wraps: The illustrated laminated cover is cream, black and red. There is light wear to the back cover, where small white flecks of printing are missing from the black area, with a similar flake at the lower right corner. The spine is intact, with some white flecking. Corners and edges are generally sound, and the fore-edge shows light toning.
• Interior: The pages are clean and mostly bright, with light toning to the page edges. The text pages are free of foxing, stains and markings, and the binding is tight. No inscriptions, stamps or bookplates.
• The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)

Synopsis & Historical Value

Dwars: Mymeringe van 'n gebleikte Afrikaan is the Afrikaans edition of Max du Preez's memoir, published by Zebra Press in Cape Town in 2009. It is the Afrikaans counterpart of his memoir Pale Native, first published in 2003, and was revised for this edition.

Du Preez, a journalist who made his name in the Afrikaans anti-apartheid press, looks back on his life and his uneasy relationship with the Afrikaner establishment he grew up in. This Afrikaans version includes considerable new material on recent events in South African and Afrikaner politics.

A thick trade paperback, it is a worthwhile addition to any collection of Afrikaans memoir, political journalism and late-apartheid and post-apartheid South African history.

Author Profile: Max du Preez

Max du Preez was born in Kroonstad in 1951 and is a South African journalist and author. He studied political science at Stellenbosch and worked as a political correspondent for the Financial Mail, the Sunday Times and Business Day. In 1988 he founded and edited Vrye Weekblad, an anti-apartheid Afrikaans weekly.

His other books include Of Warriors, Lovers and Prophets, Of Tricksters, Tyrants and Turncoats, Oranje Blanje Blues, Oor Krygers, Korrelkoppe en Konkelaars, and The Rough Guide to Nelson Mandela. His awards include the Louis M. Lyons Award and the Nat Nakasa Award.

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