Die binnerym van bloed

Poet Antjie Krog returns to the landscape of her childhood, the Free State plains, her home, and the home of her mother, the writer Dot Serfontein. Dot is frail and requires full-time care, but her intellect and sense of humour are razor-sharp, and her writing is comparable to her daughter’s. In Die Binnerym van Bloed, Antjie Krog breaks the boundaries between genres and uses letters, diary entries, and care reports to reveal the truth of growing old. She unravels the insurmountable generational differences and shows the love and mutual admiration between two highly skilled writers. This story about the relationship between a mother and a daughter is Krog’s most personal, and also her most universal. 

Antjie Krog is internationally known for her book Country of My Skull, a personal account of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Krog has received the country’s most prestigious awards in the genres she works in, poetry, nonfiction, and translation. She has been honoured with the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation’s Stockholm Award, the Central European University’s Open Society Prize, and the Dutch Gouden Ganzenveer. 

R40 Penguin Publishers 18 Jul 17:00 ATKV Boeke-oase Antjie Krog, Francois Smith Afrikaans