Salt and honey & Kalahari Passage |
"I studied a San tribe in an anthropology class as a teenager, so I knew a little about the culture and beliefs. However, I'd never considered their place in the apartheid system and entering this world through fiction was, in a way, more rewarding for me. The desert, its plants and animals, the stars and sky, was made alive to me in a way that a text book alone just can't do. So I'm planning on sending a copy to my old anthropology teacher. And I'm planning to give a copy to my sister (she's planning her honeymoon to South Africa and Namibia at the moment). In fact, I think I'll be recommending this book to all of the readers in my life! READ MORE... "Kalahari Passage is tracker tale in the great tradition of African adventure hunts; with a twist -- hunted and hunter are humans." "I fell in love with Koba, and the more I read the quicker I turned the pages." 'Beautiful and gripping.' READ MORE... JANE HOUSMAN, The Guardian. |