To Hell with Cronjé

To Hell with Cronjé
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Publisher : Open Letter Books
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9781934824306
ISBN-13 : 1934824305
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Book Synopsis To Hell with Cronjé by : Ingrid Winterbach

Download or read book To Hell with Cronjé written by Ingrid Winterbach and published by Open Letter Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two scientists, Reitz Steyn and Ben Maritz, find themselves in a "transit camp for those temporarily and permanently unfit for battle" during the Boer War. Captured on suspicion of desertion and treasonùduring a trek across an unchanging desert of bushes, rocks, and ant hills to help transport a fellow-soldier, who has suffered debilitating shell-shock, to his motherùthey are forced to await the judgment of a General Bergh, unsure whether they are to be conscripted into Bergh's commando, allowed to continue their mission, or executed for treason. As the weeks pass, and the men's despair at ever returning to their families reaches its peak, they are sent on a bizarre mission ... A South African Heart of Darkness, Ingrid Winterbach's To Hell with CronjT is a poetic exploration of friendship and camaraderie, an eerie reflection on the futility of war, and a thought-provoking re-examination of the founding moments of the South African nation.


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