Assembled here for the first time, a collection of nineteen Bosman tales, some never before published, others already famous. Whether dealing with murder, tragedy in romance, or lighthearted burlesque – each story in this collection shows the virtuoso Bosman at work – a master yarn-spinner in the domain he knows best.

Justly famous for his ‘Oom Schalk Lourens’ and ‘Voorkamer’ sequences – in which characters are used to narrate the stories – Bosman is equally impressive when he becomes personally involved as a narrator. In Old Transvaal stories Bosman retells old tales and, in the process, reflects wittily and self-ironically on the art of storytelling. Never content to leave the stories as he found them, he polishes and embellishes – and invariably gives each tale a surprising turn. The stories include:

• Old Transvaal story
• The clay-pit
• The murderess
• A tale writ in water
• The heart of a woman
• New elder
• Shy young man
• Night on the veld

Editor:

Craig MacKenzie

Publisher:

Human & Rousseau (Pty) Ltd

ISBN:

9780798140850

Publication date:

October 2000

Length:

213mm

Width:

173mm

Thickness:

1mm

Weight:

1g

Edition:

1

Pages:

132

Illustrations:

Illustrations, 1 port.

Readership:

General