{"product_id":"to-hell-with-cronje-paperback","title":"To Hell with Cronjé - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIngrid Winterbach\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElsa Silke\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This unforgettable novel establishes Ingrid Winterbach as one of the most important novelists writing in Afrikaans.\"--Thys Human\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo scientists, Reitz Steyn and Ben Maritz, find themselves in a \"transit camp for those temporarily and permanently unfit for battle\" during the Boer War. Captured on suspicion of desertion and treason--during a trek across an unchanging desert of bushes, rocks, and ant hills to help transport a fellow-soldier, who has suffered debilitating shell-shock, to his mother--they are forced to await the judgment of a General Bergh, unsure whether they are to be conscripted into Bergh's commando, allowed to continue their mission, or executed for treason. As the weeks pass, and the men's despair at ever returning to their families reaches its peak, they are sent on a bizarre mission...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA South African \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, Ingrid Winterbach's \u003ci\u003eTo Hell with Cronjé\u003c\/i\u003e is a poetic exploration of friendship and camaraderie, an eerie reflection of the futility of war, and a thought-provoking re-examination of the founding moments of the South African nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIngrid Winterbach\u003c\/b\u003e is an artist and novelist whose work has won the M-Net Prize, Old Mutual Literary Prize, the University of Johannesburg Prize for Creative Writing, and the W.A. Hofmeyr Prize. She's also received the Hertzog Prize, an honor she shares with Breyten Breytenbach and Etienne Leroux.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElsa Silke\u003c\/b\u003e translates from Afrikaans and was the winner of the 2006 South African Translator's Institute\/Via Afrika Prize for her translation of Karel Schoeman's \u003ci\u003eThis Life.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIngrid Winterbach\u003c\/b\u003e is an artist and novelist whose work has won the M-Net Prize, Old Mutual Literary Prize, the University of Johannesburg Prize for Creative Writing, and the W.A. Hofmeyr Prize. She's also received the Hertzog Prize, an honor she shares with Breyten Breytenbach and Etienne Leroux.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElsa Silke\u003c\/b\u003e translates from Afrikaans and was the winner of the 2006 South African Translator's Institute\/Via Afrika Prize for her translation of Karel Schoeman's \u003ci\u003eThis Life.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 8.6 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42696905588799,"sku":"9781934824306","price":19.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f068dfbb25631deb925c2f29b9674a32.webp?v=1765007732","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/to-hell-with-cronje-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}