Prescribed at UNISA (University of South Africa) for :English (THL8234) by lecturer Maria Johanna De Jong
The taboos within the tidal moods of the menopause are described with an anger and a verbal intensity that are uniquely Krog’s. Close relationships are searingly explored, occasionally in a confrontational way, more often searching for resolution. In the final meditative section, Table Mountain, a looming, symbolic and androgynous godhead, is contemplated as an abiding presence and witness to the transience of human life. These dramatic, even reckless poems, simultaneously appearing in Afrikaans and English translation, reaffirm Antjie Krog’s status as one the foremost Afrikaans poets, and bring an altogether new and unique energy to South African English-language poetry.