Rob van der Veer Book order (chronological)

The internationally acclaimed novel, is the story of an idealistic medical graduate who arrives at an isolated South African hospital to take up a year's community service

A magnum opus for our morally complex times from the author of FREEDOM and THE CORRECTIONS

In his early years, growing up on a Dutch farm in the deep interior of the southern African Cape, Cupido Cockroach became the greatest drinker, liar, fornicator and fighter of his region.

For mange år siden hjemme i Polen skrev den nu 80-årige polsk-amerikanske immigrant Leo Gursky en kærlighedsroman tilegnet hans elskede. Af uransagelige veje dukker manuskriptet op i USA, og forandrer fuldstændig livet for den stilfærdige og ensomme mand og for den unge pige, som er opkaldt efter romanens hovedperson

Dr Hope Clearwater lives on an African beach reflecting on the complicated, violent and tragic events that brought her there her stormy marriage to John, a brilliant mathematician, her painstaking research work among the wild chimpanzees in the national park, her encounters with the chaos of the civil war. She examines her past and tries to find tranquility.