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This South African novelist, writing in both Afrikaans and English, was a key figure in the literary movement Die Sestigers, which sought to use Afrikaans to speak out against apartheid while also incorporating contemporary literary trends. His early works frequently explored the policy of apartheid and its societal impact. His later writings engaged with the new issues arising from life in post-apartheid South Africa. His innovative approach and willingness to tackle controversial subjects established him as a significant literary voice.

2000
Devil's Valley
336 pages
12 hours of reading
Flip Lochner is a weary and disillusioned newspaper crime reporter. Curious to find out more about the origins of a casual acquaintance, he descends into Devil's Valley where, like Dante's Virgil, he encounters a bewildering array of mysterious characters and events that lead him to reevaluate the world in which he lives and which he thought he knew. Fusing invention and reality, magic realism and earthy humour, Lochner's adventures in the valley centre around the journey he undertakes to discover the truth about the elusive and erotic figure of Emma, one of Brink's most remarkable creations.
1996
Imaginings of Sand
353 pages
13 hours of reading

Devil's Valley

Imaginings of Sand