Robert Dorsman Books

The narrative explores South Africa's profound transformation following Nelson Mandela's release from prison in 1990, marking the end of apartheid. It delves into the dismantling of oppressive laws and the reunification of a nation previously divided by race. The book addresses the challenges of reconciling a painful history and fostering coexistence among communities once set against each other. Through this lens, it examines the resilience and potential of a country striving to heal and build a more equitable future.

This is the story of the four inhabitants of 127 Martha Street in the poor white suburb of Triomf. Living on the ruins of old Sophiatown, the freehold township razed to the ground as a so-called 'black spot', they await with trepidation their country's first democratic elections. It is a date that coincides fatefully with the fortieth birthday of Lambert, the oversexed misfit son of the house. There is also Treppie, master of misrule and family metaphysician; Pop, the angel of peace teetering on the brink of the grave; and Mol, the materfamilias in her eternal housecoat. Pestered on a daily basis by nosy neighbours, National Party canvassers and Jehovah's Witnesses, defenceless against the big city towering over them like a vengeful dinosaur, they often resort to quoting to each other the only consolation that they know; we still have each other and a roof over our heads. TRIOMF relentlessly probes Afrikaner history and politics, revealing the bizarre and tragic effect that apartheid had on exactly the white underclass who were most supposed to benefit. It is also a seriously funny investigation of the human endeavour to make sense of life even under the most abject of circumstances.

A reissue of the bestselling novel by JT LeRoy/Laura Albert - published to coincide with the new Jeff Feuerzeig documentary: Author: The JT LeRoy Story, which will have a theatrical release in July 2016.

Een zwarte man voelt zich aangetrokken tot een blanke vrouw, die elke dag op het strand ligt te zonnen. Zij is onbereikbaar voor hem: het gehate bordje: 'Beach for Whites Only', verbiedt elk contact. Op een warme dag volgt hij haar naar haar huis. Daar wordt hij door haar verleid en door blanke buren ontdekt. De apartheidswetten doen de rest. Vanuit zijn gevangeniscel verhaalt de jongeman over de stille, kortstondige verhouding met 'de Engelse vrouw' en geeft hij zijn eigen versie van de gebeurtenissen die leidden tot zijn veroordeling tot de strop. "Paringsvlucht" is een roman zoals er maar weinig over Zuid-Afrika verschijnen. Het boek is toegankelijk omdat het levendig en met de nodige ironie geschreven is. De schrijver voert de lezer binnen in de gespleten Zuidafrikaanse 'samenleving', met alle platitudes van het apartheidssysteem.

Verweerskrif is 'n bundel wat aftakeling en verwering vreesloos en ekstaties in die oog staar.

After his heart bypass operation, former champion athlete, Christian Lemmer, needs to take stock. When a Cape Flats gang begins to target him, this becomes vitally important. Christian commutes between Johannesburg and Stellenbosch, where he returns at weekends to his troubled wife Christine and his confrontational son Siebert. But he also has a hideaway that no one knows about, a flat in Sea Point where his drug dealer meets him, and a Swazi prostitute becomes his confidante. And in Matjiesfontein, the staff of the n Matjiesfontein the staff of the Lord Milner Hotel and the local pigeon breeders are in a state of excitement with the approach of the Southern Cross Derby - the most important event in the Karoo's pigeon racing calendar. But other things are afoot in Matjiesfontein as well, things in which the lives of the Lemmers are soon to become involved, from the arrival of the Piss-Man to the disappearance of prodigy Snaartjie Windvogel who, it is said, bewitches her father's pigeons with her violin playing. The Lemmers come to the village to try to unravel one mystery, only to find themselves caught up in another.