When John van de Ruit was informed about this recognition he said: “I am hugely honoured to receive the Gold Book Award for South Africa’s Bestselling Author. Spud: Exit Pursued By a Bear was the final book in the Spud series and I’m thrilled that the series has ended on this note.
Mandela describes 8115 Vilakazi Street as “identical to hundreds of others, it had the same standard tin roof, the same cement floor, a narrow kitchen, and a bucket toilet at the back”.
When Mandela moved there in 1946, little did he know how vital that cramped two room house would be in forever changing the course of history in south Africa and paving the way for democracy and freedom for all of us.
Date: Wednesday, 21 August 2013
Time: 5.30pm for 6.00pm
Venue: The Book Lounge, 71 Roeland Street, Cape Town
Each hamper includes a copy of:
Conversations with My Sons and Daughters by Mamphela Ramphele,
For the Mercy of Water by Karen Jayes,
In Love's Place by Etienne van Heerden,
The Captain embarks wholeheartedly on the path to discover the motive behind the murder - and the actual murderer - as a way to escape the unhappiness and despair he feels in his own life. He is haunted by his dreams - of his actions performed while doing his duty; torn between being proud to be German and a love of his country, with the utter harshness and brutality of what was expected of him as a soldier. The nightmares he experiences at having killed innocent people as an officer, have created a hollowness within him. This he attempts to dull with alcohol.
In Love’s Place, the English translation of Etienne’s Afrikaans novel In stede van die liefde has been translated by Leon de Kock and is a tour de force that promises to intrigue and enchant readers.