- Fiction, History, Forests and forestry, Boys
Saul Barnard is 'n houtkapper met 'n rustelose siel - hy wil vreemdes uit die Bos hou en die vernietiging van die Bos probeer keer. Dan is daar 'n legendariese olifantbul - Oupoot - wat losbreek van sy trop ...
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and bleak.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Dalene Matthee
- First published
- 1984
- Pages
- 322
- Publisher
- De Groot Goudriaan, Viking, Knopf
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- French, Swedish, fin, Dutch
- ISBN
- 9789151817248
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Dalene Matthee is in 1938 op Riversdal in die Suid-Kaap gebore. Altesaam 13 boeke het uit haar pen verskyn. Hoewel sy haar loopbaan met kinderstories en kortverhale begin het, is sy vandag veral vir haar vier “Bosboeke” bekend: Kringe in ‘n bos, Fiela se kind, Moerbeibos en Toorbos. Elke boek is deur deeglike navorsing voorafgegaan. Haar boeke is in 14 tale vertaal, en Kringe in ‘n bos en Fiela se kind word reeds vir meer as 20 jaar as voorgeskrewe boeke in skole gebruik. Haar werk is onder meer met die ATKV Prosa-toekenning (vier maal), die Suider Afrikaanse Instituut vir Boswese-toekenning (twee maal), die Switserse Stab-toekenning en die Departement van Kuns en Kultuur se SA Literêre Toek
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