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Аннотация
Herman Charles Bosman’s unique account of the term he served as a young man in Pretoria Central Prison. Convicted of murder, and initially condemned to hang on death row, he had his sentence commuted to be a regular convict through the 1920s and into the 30s.
By turns gruesome and humorous, and bravely wrenched out of his tortured memory, when it was first published in 1949 Cold Stone Jug was greeted as too grim and dubious for polite literary circles, although it proved a reliable seller. Its rise to classic status has been unstoppable, and it is now widely considered the founding text of all South African prison writings. As readable as ever, it is now hailed as Bosman’s masterpiece of irony as well, vivid and unforgettable.
This text of Cold Stone Jug is edited from the original edition, corrected by Bosman himself, with a detailed introduction placing the work in the historical and literary context it served to shape.
“This is really a love story – a story of adolescent love . . . Her eyes were heavily fringed with dark lashes, like barred windows. Her bosom was hard and pure and cold – like a cement floor. And it was a faithful and chaste love. During all those years of my young manhood, in whose arms did I sleep each night, but in hers?”
By turns gruesome and humorous, and bravely wrenched out of his tortured memory, when it was first published in 1949 Cold Stone Jug was greeted as too grim and dubious for polite literary circles, although it proved a reliable seller. Its rise to classic status has been unstoppable, and it is now widely considered the founding text of all South African prison writings. As readable as ever, it is now hailed as Bosman’s masterpiece of irony as well, vivid and unforgettable.
This text of Cold Stone Jug is edited from the original edition, corrected by Bosman himself, with a detailed introduction placing the work in the historical and literary context it served to shape.
“This is really a love story – a story of adolescent love . . . Her eyes were heavily fringed with dark lashes, like barred windows. Her bosom was hard and pure and cold – like a cement floor. And it was a faithful and chaste love. During all those years of my young manhood, in whose arms did I sleep each night, but in hers?”
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This reissued collection contains the best of Bosman’s stories and humour, previously published in two volumes: Starlight on the Veld: Best of Herman Charles Bosman’s Stories and Recognising Blues: Best of Herman Charles Bosman’s Humour.
Starlight on the Veld is a collection of 25 of Bosman’s finest stories – the most striking, the most moving, the most memorable. Oom Schalk classics like “Mafeking Road”, “In the Withaak’s Shade”, “The Rooinek” and “Makapan’s Caves” are included, alongside ‘Voorkamer’ pieces like “School Concert” and “Birth Certificate”. And in famous stories like “A Boer Rip van Winkel” and “Old Transvaal Story” we hear the voice of the author musing self-ironically on the art of storytelling.
Recognising Blues: Best of Herman Charles Bosman’s Humour gathers together some 30 pieces across the full extent of Bosman’s career, from schoolboy gags through to last laughs. As Bosman himself said, he was known for having a vein of humour running through his work that made him popular with his faithful readers. This collection includes well-known gems like “A Bekkersdal Marathon” and “A Visit to Shanty Town”, where his satirical irony ran at full force, through to some previously uncollected essays and reports which show him always to have been South Africa’s most genial commentator.
Starlight on the Veld is a collection of 25 of Bosman’s finest stories – the most striking, the most moving, the most memorable. Oom Schalk classics like “Mafeking Road”, “In the Withaak’s Shade”, “The Rooinek” and “Makapan’s Caves” are included, alongside ‘Voorkamer’ pieces like “School Concert” and “Birth Certificate”. And in famous stories like “A Boer Rip van Winkel” and “Old Transvaal Story” we hear the voice of the author musing self-ironically on the art of storytelling.
Recognising Blues: Best of Herman Charles Bosman’s Humour gathers together some 30 pieces across the full extent of Bosman’s career, from schoolboy gags through to last laughs. As Bosman himself said, he was known for having a vein of humour running through his work that made him popular with his faithful readers. This collection includes well-known gems like “A Bekkersdal Marathon” and “A Visit to Shanty Town”, where his satirical irony ran at full force, through to some previously uncollected essays and reports which show him always to have been South Africa’s most genial commentator.
Аннотация
Hierdie versameling bevat die beste verhale en humor van Bosman, nou ook in Afrikaans vertaal deur die bekroonde Afrikaanse digter, Johann de Lange.
Sterlig op die veld bevat 23 van Bosman se beste stories. Dit sluit klassieke Oom Schalk-stories in soos “Die pad na Mafeking”, “Die Rooinek” en “Makapan se grotte”, en ook Voorkamerstories soos “Skoolkonsert” en “Geboortesertifikaat”. En in beroemde stories soos “’n Boere-Rip van Winkel” en “’n Ou Transvaalse verhaal” hoor ons die stem van die skrywer wat met self-ironie die kuns van die storieverteller bepeins.
Die herken-blues bevat 29 stukke wat strek oor Bosman se hele loopbaan, van skoolseungrappe tot die laaste lag. Soos Bosman self gesê het, was hy bekend vir die humor wat in al sy werk te vinde was en wat hom so gewild gemaak het onder sy lojale lesers. Hierdie versameling sluit bekende juwele soos “In die skadu van die withaak”, “’n Bekkersdal-marathon” en “’n Besoek aan Blikkiesdorp” in, waarin sy satiriese ironie in volle swang is, tot ’n aantal essays wat nog nie voorheen in ’n bundel versamel is nie wat hom ewig as een Suid-Afrika se gemoedelikste kommentators bevestig.
Sterlig op die veld bevat 23 van Bosman se beste stories. Dit sluit klassieke Oom Schalk-stories in soos “Die pad na Mafeking”, “Die Rooinek” en “Makapan se grotte”, en ook Voorkamerstories soos “Skoolkonsert” en “Geboortesertifikaat”. En in beroemde stories soos “’n Boere-Rip van Winkel” en “’n Ou Transvaalse verhaal” hoor ons die stem van die skrywer wat met self-ironie die kuns van die storieverteller bepeins.
Die herken-blues bevat 29 stukke wat strek oor Bosman se hele loopbaan, van skoolseungrappe tot die laaste lag. Soos Bosman self gesê het, was hy bekend vir die humor wat in al sy werk te vinde was en wat hom so gewild gemaak het onder sy lojale lesers. Hierdie versameling sluit bekende juwele soos “In die skadu van die withaak”, “’n Bekkersdal-marathon” en “’n Besoek aan Blikkiesdorp” in, waarin sy satiriese ironie in volle swang is, tot ’n aantal essays wat nog nie voorheen in ’n bundel versamel is nie wat hom ewig as een Suid-Afrika se gemoedelikste kommentators bevestig.
Аннотация
The entire sequence of Bosman’s famous Oom Schalk Lourens stories, in one volume for the first time. Edited from authoritative sources, and accompanied by original illustrations, this gathering represents a feast of South Africa’s best-loved tales. The sixty pieces include all-time favourites like “In the Withaak’s Shade”, “Makapan’s Caves” and “Willem Prinsloo’s Peach Brandy”, the Boer War classics “Mafeking Road” and “The Rooinek”, as well as several lesser-known treasures.
“Bosman’s Oom Schalk Lourens is a literary creation without equal in South African literature. Precedents there are aplenty, to be sure . . ., but no storyteller figure looms as large in the popular imagination as Oom Schalk. His famous boast, “. . . I can tell the best stories of anybody in the Transvaal . . .” (“Mafeking Road”, 1935), has gone unchallenged for the seventy years since it was first uttered.” – Craig MacKenzie
“Bosman’s Oom Schalk Lourens is a literary creation without equal in South African literature. Precedents there are aplenty, to be sure . . ., but no storyteller figure looms as large in the popular imagination as Oom Schalk. His famous boast, “. . . I can tell the best stories of anybody in the Transvaal . . .” (“Mafeking Road”, 1935), has gone unchallenged for the seventy years since it was first uttered.” – Craig MacKenzie
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Bosman’s Voorkamer stories first appeared in The Forum in 1950-1951 as a weekly column and were considered by his colleagues as his best work. This volume contains all the Voorkamer stories in the order in which they originally appeared, unabridged and uncensored. In these stories, the local farmers gather in Jurie Steyn’s voorkamer, which doubles as the Drogevlei post office, to share the news of the day, comment on world events and tell stories about pretty girls, ghosts and hypochondriacs.The Complete Voorkamer Stories is now complemented by a «Bushveld Portfolio» by David Goldblatt: 12 previously unpublished photographs taken in the Marico area. The photographs will be interspersed with the text, printed on the half title pages introducing each section of the Voorkamer Stories.