John Suk

Inyoni and the Pale Man (eBook, ePUB)

Love and War in South Africa

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In 1897, Pieter Rijken is a young Dutch Calvinist schoolteacher who wants to be a good man, but he thinks it may be impossible. After going too far with one of his students, he is forced to flee to Southern Africa. On the way there he meets Bertram Hugin, a happy-go-lucky German with a knack for getting Pieter into trouble. Once there, Pieter meets Jaap and his daughter, Dien, mixed-race Africans who challenge everything the young man believes in-and especially Pieter himself. Along the way, all of them must overcome violence, rape, and betrayal if they are to achieve their dreams. Finally, there is Anke Gouw, a Boer farm girl who is, perhaps, too much in a hurry, at least for Pieter. The Boer War, from its beginning at the Siege of Mafeking to the Battle of Moedwil, near the end, overtakes them all. It turns out that in love and war, nothing is what it seems at first. This historical novel tells the story of Pieter, a teacher on the run who finds himself in the midst of the Boer War, finding trouble from Cape Town's brothels to English firing squads.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Archway Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781665770200
• Artikelnr.: 74250234

Autorenporträt

John D. Suk is a reformed cigar smoker, former minister, magazine editor, and academic. He has traveled widely as a journalist but loves South Africa best. Besides writing about losing faith in Not Sure: A Pastor's Journey from Faith to Doubt, he studies human evolution and entertains grandchildren. He currently lives in Cambridge, Ontario.