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Intimate Stranger

“The greatest Afrikaner poet of this generation.... No one elevated the Boer language to such pure beauty and wielded it so devastatingly against the apartheid regime.” — The New Yorker

This eclectic and generous work full of wisdom and wit is addressed to a young writer. Breyten Breytenbach’s candid and provocative reflections on reading and writing guide without guiding, open mental channels, surprise, and inspire. A stirring glimpse into the mind of an artist.

An outspoken human rights activist, Breyten Breytenbach is a poet, novelist, playwright, memoirist, and painter. He received the Alan Paton Prize in 1994 and the prestigious Hertzog Prize for his collection of poetry Windcatcher in 2008.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 248
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780980033090
  • Genres
  • poetry, africa, fiction
  • Release date
  • 2009