{"product_id":"binnekring-van-spookasems-herman-lategan-2014","title":"Binnekring van Spookasems by Herman Lategan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinnekring van Spookasems (Collectible Afrikaans Column \u0026amp; Story Collection)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHerman Lategan's Selected Rapport Columns and Short Stories on Everyday and Marginal Lives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Binnekring van Spookasems: Stories oor die lewe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Herman Lategan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Amanda Botha\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jonathan Ball Uitgewers, Johannesburg \u0026amp; Kaapstad\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2014\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781868426263\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's illustrated paperback wrappers (trade paperback format), with a colour photograph of the author on the cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large Softcover (trade paperback), 197 pages. With a few black-and-white photographs in the text.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Afrikaans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good (G)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Wraps:\u003c\/strong\u003e The illustrated wrappers are creased and lightly worn at the edges. The fore-edge corners show some whitening and rubbing. The dark spine carries a few light creases. The binding is sound.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The text block is sound and the binding holds. The cream pages are lightly toned, with some toning at the page edges. No foxing, markings or tears are visible, and the sampled pages are clean. A few black-and-white photographs are included.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not Applicable (As Issued)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBinnekring van Spookasems: Stories oor die lewe, published by Jonathan Ball in 2014, gathers a selection of Herman Lategan's columns from his weekly Woorde wat wip series in Rapport. The columns were chosen by Amanda Botha. A second section offers his more soulful and melancholy short stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLategan turns his attention to everyday and marginal characters and to life in Sea Point and beyond. His approach is literary, humorous and at times dark. One critic described the collection as 'sypaadjie-letterkunde' (pavement literature), and it was reviewed in Rapport and on Boeke24.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA collectible Afrikaans title for readers of contemporary Afrikaans journalism, essays and short fiction, and for those following Lategan's career, which later brought the bestselling memoir Hoerkind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Herman Lategan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHerman Lategan is an award-winning journalist and author from Green Point in Cape Town. He has written for more than fifty magazines, newspapers and websites. He worked at e.tv for five years and contributed to radio stations including FMR and Cape Talk for a decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis other books include a second column collection, Opstokers, fopdossers en tweegatjakkalse, as well as poetry and short stories. His memoir Hoerkind (2022) became a bestseller and appeared in English as Son of a Whore (2023).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHerman Lategan Binnekring van Spookasems · Afrikaans column collection · Herman Lategan Rapport columns · Woorde wat wip · Afrikaans short stories Jonathan Ball · Herman Lategan Hoerkind author · Afrikaans essays 2014\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Ball Uitgewers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58786984165679,"sku":"TCB-000378","price":80.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/5524\/4438\/files\/binnekring-van-spookasems41640_cover_1.jpg?v=1793866505","url":"https:\/\/timeless-collectible-books.com\/products\/binnekring-van-spookasems-herman-lategan-2014","provider":"Timeless Collectible Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}