The Lost World of the Kalahari: With 'The Great and the Little Memory' (Paperback)
Sir Laurens Van Der Post (author)
£9.99
Paperback
256 Pages /
Published: 03/01/2002
- 10+ in stock
Laurens van der Post was fascinated and appalled at the fate of this remarkable people. Ostracised by all the changing face of African cultural life they retreated deep into the Kalahari desert. His fascinating attempt to capture their way of life and the secrets of their ancient heritage provide captivating reading and a unique insight into a forgotten way of life.
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9780099428756
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 181 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 16 mm
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The Lost World of the Kalahari (1958) and The Heart of the Hunter (1961)...are loathed by San scholars and serious ethnologists. But they matter. Van der Post gave a face and a story to a discarded people before anyone else thought to do so. * Guardian *
A master storyteller, he had the knack of identifying the significant, poetical image * Sunday Times *
A master storyteller, he had the knack of identifying the significant, poetical image * Sunday Times *
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