Spoorvat by Riana Scheepers & Leti Kleyn

Spoorvat (Afrikaans Writers' Childhood Memoir Anthology, First Edition)

Childhood memories of well-known Afrikaans writers, compiled by Riana Scheepers and Leti Kleyn

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Spoorvat: Jeugherinneringe van Afrikaanse skrywers
• Authors: Riana Scheepers & Leti Kleyn
• Editor: Jeanette Ferreira
• Publisher: LAPA Uitgewers, Pretoria
• Publication Date: 2013
• ISBN-13: 9780799360318
• Edition Details: Eerste uitgawe (First Edition), softcover.
• Binding: Perfect-bound softcover with publisher's illustrated card wrappers, no flaps.
• Physical Format: Large softcover (trade paperback) format. Edited by Jeanette Ferreira.
• Language: Afrikaans

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good (VG)
• Exterior / Wraps: The illustrated card wrappers, with a landscape photograph of a red VW Beetle on a dirt road under blue sky, are clean and bright. A faint vertical crease is visible along the spine, near the top.
• Interior: The text block is bound tightly and the pages are clean and free of writing or marks. The page edges show an even cream-yellow toning with age.
• The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)

Synopsis & Historical Value

Spoorvat: Jeugherinneringe van Afrikaanse skrywers (Footprints: Childhood Memories of Afrikaans Writers) is an anthology compiled by Riana Scheepers and Leti Kleyn, who asked well-known writers to set down their childhood and youth experiences on paper.

The collection gathers autobiographical stories and sketches by 36 writers, arranged alphabetically. It considers what kind of children these authors were and how those early memories later fed into their writing. Taken together, the pieces paint a picture of a society reaching back to the middle of the previous century.

Published by LAPA Uitgewers in Pretoria in 2013, the title was chosen for that year's ATKV free-book project. The print edition is now out of print, making this first edition a worthwhile addition to a collection of Afrikaans literature and South African memoir.

Author Profile: Riana Scheepers

Riana Scheepers, born in 1957 in KwaZulu-Natal, is a multiple award-winning South African writer and holds a doctorate in Afrikaans and Dutch literature. Her father, a railway worker, died in a train accident when she was six. Among her best-known books is the youth novel Stormkind.

Scheepers and Leti Kleyn also compiled Die Afrikaanse Skryfgids (Penguin, 2012).