Verweerskrif by Krog, Antjie
Verweerskrif (First Edition Softcover Release)
A Fearless, Ecstatic Exploration of a Consciousness Confronting Decay and Erosion
A Fearless, Ecstatic Exploration of a Consciousness Confronting Decay and Erosion
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: Verweerskrif
- Author: Antjie Krog
- Publisher: Umuzi (An Imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa), Cape Town
- Publication Date: 2006 (Reprinted 2019)
- ISBN-10: 1415200067
- ISBN-13: 9781415200063
- Edition Details: First Edition, Standard Softcover Release.
- Binding: Original publisher's premium heavy-gauge illustrated card wrappers with French flaps.
- Physical Format: Octavo (8vo), 112 pages.
- Language: Afrikaans
Official Condition Report
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The Book: Very Good (VG)
o Exterior / Wraps: The illustrated card wrappers remain highly flat, square, and structurally pristine. The front and back panels display excellent colour retention with only micro-minimal signs of shelf storage or light boundary friction. The spine is perfectly straight, tight, completely unbroken, and free of vertical reading creases.
o Interior: The text block is robustly bound, clean, and tight. Internal pages are entirely intact, crisp, and bright white. Free of standard user highlighting, previous owner inscriptions, name stamps, dealer pencil markings, or dog-ears. This copy has clearly been well-maintained and looked after thus far.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Published by Umuzi, Verweerskrif is a brilliant, uncompromising poetry collection by the legendary South African writer Antjie Krog. This poignant volume offers a fearless, ecstatic exploration of a consciousness directly confronting physical decay, mortality, and erosion. Writing with a raw verbal intensity and an honest anger that is uniquely her own, Krog shatters long-standing taboos surrounding the shifting physical and psychological tides of menopause. Close relationships are searingly explored, occasionally in a confrontational way, more often searching for quiet resolution. In the final, deeply contemplative sections, the intensely personal narrative is tempered as the focus shifts to Table Mountain—an ever-present, lasting presence that serves as both an unnaspeurlike witness to personal change and a mirror of the self and private pain. This scarce softcover release stands as a monumental pillar of contemporary Afrikaans poetry and an essential addition for collectors of modern Africana literature.
Published by Umuzi, Verweerskrif is a brilliant, uncompromising poetry collection by the legendary South African writer Antjie Krog. This poignant volume offers a fearless, ecstatic exploration of a consciousness directly confronting physical decay, mortality, and erosion. Writing with a raw verbal intensity and an honest anger that is uniquely her own, Krog shatters long-standing taboos surrounding the shifting physical and psychological tides of menopause. Close relationships are searingly explored, occasionally in a confrontational way, more often searching for quiet resolution. In the final, deeply contemplative sections, the intensely personal narrative is tempered as the focus shifts to Table Mountain—an ever-present, lasting presence that serves as both an unnaspeurlike witness to personal change and a mirror of the self and private pain. This scarce softcover release stands as a monumental pillar of contemporary Afrikaans poetry and an essential addition for collectors of modern Africana literature.
Author Profile: Antjie Krog
Antjie Krog (born 1952) is an exceptionally distinguished, internationally celebrated South African poet, academic, and non-fiction writer. Since her groundbreaking debut at the age of eighteen with Dogter van Jefta, she has evolved into one of the most highly acclaimed and widely read voices in Afrikaans literature. Her immense literary legacy spans award-winning poetry collections, children’s verse, and monumental historical records, most notably Country of My Skull, her definitive account of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Honoured with the Eugene Marais Prize, the Hertzog Prize, and international titles, Krog is widely praised by academics for her lyrical intensity, her fearless critique of post-apartheid social complexities, and her willingness to expose the raw boundaries between the public, the political, and the deeply personal body.
Antjie Krog (born 1952) is an exceptionally distinguished, internationally celebrated South African poet, academic, and non-fiction writer. Since her groundbreaking debut at the age of eighteen with Dogter van Jefta, she has evolved into one of the most highly acclaimed and widely read voices in Afrikaans literature. Her immense literary legacy spans award-winning poetry collections, children’s verse, and monumental historical records, most notably Country of My Skull, her definitive account of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Honoured with the Eugene Marais Prize, the Hertzog Prize, and international titles, Krog is widely praised by academics for her lyrical intensity, her fearless critique of post-apartheid social complexities, and her willingness to expose the raw boundaries between the public, the political, and the deeply personal body.
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