“Van Heerden displays a thriller writer’s dexterity in drip-feeding facts about the case, all the while throwing in the stories of other bit players who play their part in recreating Oeng’s world of pain and ecstasy, love and loss and above all whiteness as the colour of the blind … This novel should be translated sooner rather than later so it can contribute to the debate it promises.”
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View photos of the Etienne van Heerden Veld Soirée.
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View photos of the ARTiculate Africa literary festival in Durban.
For Afrikaans readers: Etienne van Heerden’s author bio has been updated in the ATKV|LitNet-Skrywersalbum. This is an ATKV-sponsored “album” of prominent Afrikaans writers, compiled by Erika Terblanche, with information on their careers, published books and research links. Click here to view the album.
2017 marks the highest milestone of South African Literary Awards (SALA), as the shortlist includes, for the first time, the !Xam and !Kun languages. Listed under the Posthumous Literary Awards, five legendary contributors are drawn from Wilhelm Bleek and Lucy Lloyd collection of !Xam and !Kun narratives, verses, songs, chants, drawings and other materials consisting of over 150 notebooks running in some 13 000 pages which is considered a unique cultural and literary collection which has been recognised by United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Council (UNESCO) and entered into the memory of the World Register.
