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Willie Burger reviews Klimtol in Die Burger, Beeld, Volksblad

“Van Heerden is ’n stilis wat deurgaans met die taal speel soos Ludo klimtol speel. Hy ken al die trieks van vertel en benut hulle effektief.” – Willie Burger

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Annemarié van Niekerk reviews Klimtol in Die Burger, Beeld, Volksblad

“Van Heerden se Klimtol is ’n pragtige, oortuigende en onthutsende roman met elemente van die speurverhaal, ’n verhaal oor die hardepad wat die lewe soms met mens loop, maar ook oor spel en ekstase, en die plek waar mens jouself vind as jy jouself verloor … daardie plek waar jy jou rede laat skietgee en blindelings vertrou. Dit is ’n konfronterende roman oor oorlewing, skuld en boete (individueel en gemeenskaplik), oor medepligtigheid en medemenslikheid. Klimtol, een van die hoogtepunte in Van Heerden se oeuvre, is boonop ’n mooi ode aan die eenvoud van die vissersdorplewe en die Weskus.” – Annemarié van Niekerk

The nominees for the 2013 South African Literary Awards (SALA) have been announced by the wRite associates in partnership with the Department of Arts and Culture.

Haai Karoo by Etienne van Heerden was nominated for the Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award

Read more about the 2013 SALA Awards.

Izak de Vries reviews In Love’s Place in Rapport

“Wanneer ’n heruitgawe verskyn, of ’n getroue vertaling, kan die leser vra: Is die teks steeds relevant? In Love’s Place is. Christian, wat steeds weghardloop van ’n leuen omtrent sy atletiekloopbaan, se wroeging is vandag nog geldig; sy soeke na eiewaarde en aanvaarding, sy stryd met bendes, dwelms en die geweld van armoede, alles bly pynlik nóú.” – Izak de Vries, “In Engels in 2013 so puik as in Afrikaans in 2005”, Rapport

Louise Viljoen reviews Klimtol on LitNet

“Dit is ’n volkome oortuigende en meevoerende roman waarin die skrywerslens oopgestel word vir ’n wye spektrum van menslike ervaring, maar daar ook erkenning gegee word aan die behoefte om terug te keer na ’n ruimte van oorsprong, of dit nou dié van die gesin of die eerste bron van inspirasie is.”
– Louise Viljoen, LitNet

Margaret von Klemperer reviews In Love’s Place in The Witness

“There are moments when In Love’s Place has the pace of a thriller, but it is much more than that. In its often funny and often frightening world, which is a skewed version of the one we think we know, it is a profound look at damaged and dislocated people in a damaged society, where human trafficking and drugs take their toll, where the past continues to haunt the present and where no one can be certain where they really belong.”
– Margaret von Klemperer, The Witness

Fiona Snyckers reviews In Love’s Place in the Times Live

“The layers of plot overlap one another as tightly as artichoke leaves. But in the hands of a master plotter, they never get tangled or confused. In Love’s Place is, above all, an engrossing read. As you begin to sense the strands that link the characters together, you will turn the pages faster to find out how their destinies intersect.” – Fiona Snyckers, Times Live

Etienne van Heerden’s latest novel, Klimtol, will be launched soon. Tafelberg Publishers commissioned the merchandise.

With researchers and student leaders at the War Memorial, Bloemfontein, after a workshop on “Contemporary German and Afrikaner Cultural Responses to Issues of Trauma, Reconciliation and Reparation”, funded by the British Academy. This followed on Etienne van Heerden’s presentation on The Politics of Memory, a Personal Narrative at Prof. Gobodo-Madikizela’s Research Centre on Trauma, Forgiveness and Reconciliation the previous day. The presentation formed part of the University of the Free State’s Dialogue between Science and Society (DbSS) series. From left to right, with students: Prof André Wessels, Senior Professor and Chair, Department of History, UFS, Prof Stuart Taberner, Professor of Contemporary German Literature, Culture and Society (University of Leeds), Dr Matthew Boswell (University of Leeds), Prof Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Senior Research Professor, UFS, Dr Cilliers van den Berg, School of Languages and Literatures, UFS, Mr Wilhelm Verwoerd, University of Stellenbosch, Dr Johann Rossouw, Department of Philosophy, UFS, Prof Etienne van Heerden, Hofmeyr Professor, School of Languages and Literatures, University of Cape Town, Mr Gerald Makamba (workshop co-ordinator) and Dr Helen Finsch, University of Leeds.

 

Etienne van Heerden interviewed on his writing by Nancy Richards in the radio programme SAfm 104-107 Literature – Sunday 15th September 2013 (13h10 – 13h40).