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BITTER EDEN
Fiction (Literary Fiction)
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‘Harsh, exquisite and concise, an astonishing story about men in close quarters forging relationships that border on trust and betrayal – and how love, in war, is an ambivalent bond.’ -- The Independent
‘An extraordinarily powerful novel… it reads like an epic prose poem – or a kind of deathbed confession.' -- Mark Simpson, Independent on Sunday (Books of the Year, 2002)
A haunting novel based on the author’s capture in North Africa after the fall of Tobruk, and his experiences as a prisoner-of-war in Italy and Germany. A tender, bitter, powerful book.
233pp.
Biography
Celebrated South African writer who died in 2002 at the age of 82. Born in Egypt of Arab/Turkish parents, but brought up by a white South African family, he led a colourful life (including imprisonment for his anti-apartheid activism) and only began writing in earnest in his seventies.
Author of 8 volumes of poetry, winner of 5 major South African prizes (including the prestigious SANLAM Award twice for his poetry) and an All-Africa Citation. Included in TEN SOUTH AFRICAN POETS (Carcanet), his poetry has appeared in journals around the world. Also author of the novel THE INNOCENTS (SA: David Philip 1994; USA: Seven Stories 2007), a four-novella volume TIGHTROPE (Mayibuye) and his posthumously published memoir MR CHAMELEON (Southern Africa, Jacana).
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