Diadem Books has successfully acted as agent and had published Dylan Weston's new collection of short stories.
Rooikraal Revisited: Farming During Apartheid
by Dylan Weston
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$10.95 £7.46
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Book
Description
Rooikraal Revisited: Farming During Apartheid is an autobiographical and
nostalgic study of a life left behind.
Dylan Weston lived on a dairy farm, Rooikraal, during the Apartheid regime and this collection documents the people, places, interests, and recollections of life in rural South Africa.
The bitterness of Apartheid, its inhumanity, is shown-but the good will of the common folk who shared their lives on these "islands of civilization" known as farms is also appreciated and enjoyed.
Some of the stories tell of the political impact on the lives of common people, while others tell of human suffering and superstition. Several of the stories describe adventures with animals-farm animals generally, but also the great serpent the Rinkhals.
The people she knew and loved are gone. There are few traces of their lives and of their sense of community left on Rooikraal. The lesson of life, which she learns, is that one can never return to the land of yore; it lives only in the heart and memory-where in the retelling it seems to gain a sense of reality.
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Review of Rooikraal Revisited in Amazon.com:
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Move over, Isak Dinesen | April
20, 2000 |
| Reviewer: J.R. Linik from West Richland, Washington | ||
| Rooikraal Revisited is a poignant account of the author's life on a farm in Africa during Apartheid. Always vivid, often touching, and sometimes disturbing, Weston's stories introduce us to the colorful characters - both black and white - who were part of her experience, detail events in that unique time and culture, and share some valuable insights regarding racism, humanity, and the passage of time. Particularly haunting is the story entitled "Elizabeth's Potato; " I read this some time ago and still can't get it out of my head. The only criticism I have about the collection is that I wanted some of the stories to be longer; I wanted to know more. | ||
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