Baai baai Tietiesbaai by Pieter Pieterse

Baai baai Tietiesbaai (Afrikaans Humorous Werfjoernaal, Illustrated Boards)

A Humorous Afrikaans Yard Journal of Seaside Holiday Life, Eccentric Characters and the Threat of Development

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Baai baai Tietiesbaai
• Author: Pieter Pieterse
• Publisher: HAUM-Literêr, Pretoria
• Publication Date: 1987
• ISBN-13: 9780798623124
• ISBN-10: 0798623128
• Edition Details: Eerste uitgawe, Eerste druk (First Edition, First Printing), as stated in the book.
• Binding: Publisher's illustrated hardcover boards with colour cartoon artwork wrapping onto the spine; title and author printed on the spine.
• Physical Format: Small-to-medium octavo hardcover, illustrated with cartoon artwork on the covers.
• Language: Afrikaans

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good (VG)
• Exterior / Boards: Brown illustrated boards with colour cartoon artwork printed directly on the boards. The spine is straight, with the text and artwork clear. There is mild scuffing and light wear along the board edges and the back cover in places, with some shelf wear at the corners. No major damage.
• Interior: The text pages are clean and cream, with no markings, foxing or tears. The binding is tight.
• The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)

Synopsis & Historical Value

Baai baai Tietiesbaai, published in Pretoria by HAUM-Literêr in 1987, is a humorous Afrikaans werfjoernaal, or yard journal, set at the seaside spot of Tietiesbaai. It follows the follow-up to the author's earlier Tietiesbaaikos.

Pieter Pieterse captures holiday life on the bay: the caravan holidaymakers, the eccentric local characters, the dogs and the legends of the place. Over it all hangs the threat of developers and bulldozers arriving to change the bay for ever.

The sketches were praised by the critic Anna van Zyl. With its cartoon-illustrated boards, the book is a charming piece of light Afrikaans writing that will appeal to collectors of Pieterse's werfjoernaal series and of Afrikaans humorous regional writing.

Author Profile: Pieter Pieterse

Pieter Pieterse was born in Pietersburg on 9 June 1936 and died in Marloth Park in March 2002. A writer by occupation, he began writing full-time in 1974, and is credited with dozens of books and screenplays and several literary awards.

Among his other works are the werfjoernale Tietiesbaaikos (1985) and Skedelkuskos, as well as Pieter Pieterse se Swerwerskos (1991) and Hande klap vir Afrika.

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