Place: South African Literary Journeys - Justin Fox

Let us, then, set off together on a series of journeys around South Africa with an old kitbag full of books instead of maps to guide us. Let us follow meandering paths through the landscapes of literature, and celebrate how local authors, characters and readers are shaped and inspired by place

 In this gripping travelogue, Justin Fox goes on a one-of-a-kind journey. Marrying his love for travel and writing, he sets off to explore the places of his favourite books. From the mountainous eastern Karoo of Olive Schreiner to the big-game lowveld of Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, from Deneys Reitzs wide-open Cape interior to the bushveld of Eugène Maraiss Waterberg, Fox reveals the majestic power of place. Through the savannah of Herman Charles Bosmans Marico, the dusty plains of JM Coetzees Moordenaars Karoo, the forests of Dalene Matthees Garden Route, the subtropical hamlets of Zakes Mdas Wild Coast, and finally the sandstone crags of Stephen Watsons Cederberg, he brings to life the settings weve only seen through characters eyes.

 Place  is a moving love letter to South Africa, merging literature and landscape, and taking the reader on a breath-taking journey into the heart of South Africas spectacular landscape and the inner-worlds of its most celebrated authors.

ISBN: 9781415211069

Pages: 282

Trade paperback

Penguin Random House SA, 2023

Good condition; cover has some small creases

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