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South African based fiction

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glenthorpe · 26/10/2008 00:51

My partner is interested in reading/comparing books written in or by south africans...eg joy packer,bryce courtenay.Of particular interest is the1930-50 era written by 'white' south africans.She has to write 2 pieces on attitudes between british/afrikaaners to each other and also 'paternalism' between white landowners and black africans ,discussing how this is portrayed in the fiction of the time,
thank you for any help,this really is not my type of thing!

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ahundredtimes · 26/10/2008 23:24

Barbara Trapido is a modern novelist.

Schreiner no good, she died in 1920, I've just checked.

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glenthorpe · 26/10/2008 23:23

Great,thanks Ceremtorium,love the name!

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ahundredtimes · 26/10/2008 23:23

Olive Schriener was an Afrikaans writer who wrote a book called The Story of An African Farm.

I think she might be within your dates.

Cremolatorium · 26/10/2008 23:21

Barbara Trapido
brother of the More Famous Jack ( some SA refs) and
Frankie and Stankie( about grwoing up in SA)

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glenthorpe · 26/10/2008 23:16

Thanks you all very much for your replies, my partner is looking in to HC Bosnan already...I have been reading some of the background material that my wife has got together and it seems a very complex time with so many nationalities involved, i can begin to see why there has been so much conflict.
I look forward to some more info,thanks very much
glen

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welliemum · 26/10/2008 01:39

How about Herman Charles Bosman? He was an interesting man - a liberal Afrikaner at a time when very few Afrikaners were liberal. Oh, and he also spent time in prison for murdering his BIL... He died around 1950 so could be the right time period.

He wrote a whole lot of short stories and I think was v. interested in the relationship between Afrikaans farmers and the indigenous people who lived in the same place.

Might be worth a look?

AnnVan · 26/10/2008 01:22

I'm South African too, but left 12 years ago, struggling to remember for you. Could ask my parents see if they have any ideas. I'll be seeing them next week, so if you can bear with me too, I might be able to suggest something.

ghosty · 26/10/2008 01:14

My mother is South African and was born in SA before the war. I was born there too but we left when I was 2. I have sent her an email to see if she has any ideas for you. Takes a while for her to reply though (well, she dictates to my Dad as she says she can't type ) so bear with me , she may come back with something of interest.