Triomf

This is the story of the four inhabitants of 127 Martha Street in the poor white suburb of Triomf. Living on the ruins of old Sophiatown, the freehold township razed to the ground as a so-called 'black spot', they await with trepidation their country's first democratic elections. It is a date that coincides fatefully with the fortieth birthday of Lambert, the oversexed misfit son of the house. There is also Treppie, master of misrule and family metaphysician; Pop, the angel of peace teetering on the brink of the grave; and Mol, the materfamilias in her eternal housecoat. Pestered on a daily basis by nosy neighbours, National Party canvassers and Jehovah's Witnesses, defenceless against the big city towering over them like a vengeful dinosaur, they often resort to quoting to each other the only consolation that they know; we still have each other and a roof over our heads.  TRIOMF relentlessly probes Afrikaner history and politics, revealing the bizarre and tragic effect that apartheid had on exactly the white underclass who were most supposed to benefit. It is also a seriously funny investigation of the human endeavour to make sense of life even under the most abject of circumstances.

Literature & Fiction

Marlene Van Niekerk

Contemporary

Overlook Pr

The Way of the Women

Little,Brown

In hierdie roman oor plaasvroue, aangewese op mekaar in nood en behoefte, gee die skrywer 'n ontstemmende blik op 'n halfeeu se Afrikaanse landskap, soos gekenmerk deur ontwrigte, verminkte menslikheid maar ook deur nooitaflatende hoop. Haar evokatiewe beelding van die lotgevalle op die plaas Grootmoedersdrift, ondersoek - op 'n uitdagende wyse - nie net die mens se ekologiese verwantskap met die grond nie, maar ook sy etiese verantwoordelikheid. Die uiterste grensgebiede van intimiteit word verken. Hoe word daar afskeid geneem en gesterwe? Deur watter soort genade? Wat is die ware aard van wat mens so maklik "liefde" en "sorg" noem?

Agaat: Roman (Afrikaans Edition)

Tafelberg Publishers Ltd

<p>Marlene van Niekerk's multi-award winning novel "Triomf" tells the story of the four residents of 127 Martha Street in the then 'poor white' suburb of Triomf, built on the ruins of old Sophiatown, once the vibrant and notorious centre of black city life in Johannesburg. This story of a highly dysfunctional Afrikaans family of the time illustrates the fear and trepidation that was felt about the political changes sweeping the land and their earnest and sometimes amusing attempts to make sense of life even under the most abject of circumstances. The novel relentlessly probes Afrikaner history and politics, revealing the bizarre and tragic effect that apartheid had on the white underclass who should have been its main beneficiaries.</p>

Jonathan Ball Publishers SA

Agaat

Jonathan Ball / Tafelberg

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