Marguerite Poland
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- Fødselsdato
- 1950-04-03
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- South Africa
- Fødested
- Gauteng, South Africa
- Bopæl
- Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Durban, South Africa - Uddannelse
- Rhodes University
Stellenbosch University
University of Natal - Erhverv
- social worker
anthropologist
ethnologist - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- South African Literary Award Lifetime Achievement (2010)
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- #128,476
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The Keeper* by Marguerite Poland is one of those books that will make you realise the beauty of South African writing; the distinctive voice that forms part of a whole nation’s soul instead of just an individual person. It’s beautiful and yet it’s such a haunting voice. Nevertheless, it’s present. In The Keeper, Marguerite Poland captures this voice perfectly in her vivid imagery, her spellbinding plot-line and the bittersweet characters that we come to know during this tale. However, none of those things came close to the elegant poignancy of Poland’s words. Utterly, utterly engrossing from beginning to end, it’s as if I was transported to 1957 and could witness the relayed events first-hand. I could hear the waves, feel the wind, and taste the brine, all because of the incredibly crafted descriptions that Poland used.
If the plot summary doesn’t catch your attention – which I highly doubt will be the case – you might still want to get your hands on The Keeper, because this is a book worth studying for its impeccable writing-style.
Plainly put, I loved it.
*The Keeper is also translated into Afrikaans (called Die Bewaker) and is published by Penguin Books South Africa.
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