Writing in a State of Siege: Essays on Politics and Literature

by André Brink

Writing in a State of Essays on Politics and Andre Philippus Writing in a State of Essays on Politics and Summit FIRST First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Summit Books, 1983. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good. Seller 384644 Essays

Genres: Africa

256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

André Philippus Brink was a South African novelist. He wrote in Afrikaans and English and was until his retirement a Professor of English Literature at the University of Cape Town.

In the 1960s, he and Breyten Breytenbach were key figures in the Afrikaans literary movement known as Die Sestigers ("The Sixty-ers"). These writers sought to use Afrikaans as a language to speak against the apartheid government, and also to bring into Afrikaans literature the influence of contemporary English and French trends. His novel Kennis van die aand (1973) was the first Afrikaans book to be banned by the South African government.

Brink's early novels were often concerned with the apartheid policy. His final works engaged new issues raised by life in postapartheid South Africa.

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