Bottervisse in Die Jêm

by Deon Meyer

Deon Meyer se verstommende skrywerskap is aanvanklik gevestig as skrywer van ligte, lekkerlees verhale, en hierdie versameling is ‘n monument vir die reikwydte van sy talent. Van die eerste tot die laaste verhaal krul die leser se tone van pure leesgenot. Elke verhaal ontlok ‘n gevoel van deernis met die karakters, of ‘n uitbundige skaterlag. En die romantiek, hoewel onkonvensioneel, bly nie agterweë nie. Hierdie versameling verhale het aanvanklik in tydskrifte verskyn, en op aanvraag word dit weer hierin een bundel beskikbaar gestel. Deon Meyer is Suid-Afrika se voorste misdaadromanskrywer en is hier en internasionaal baie bekend. Hy die ATKV Prosaprys reeds twee keer gewen. Hy was ook al ontvanger van prestigeryke internasionale literêre pryse (vir die Franse vertalings van sy romans Feniks en Orion).

Bottervisse in die jêm --
'n man wat kan huil --
Om 'n man te vang --
Helena se korverhaal --
Magriet se krokodilletjie --
Die laaste uitweg --
Donkerberg se nuwe dokter --
Die laaste oujongkêrel --
Die ongewenste indringer --
'n vreemde vlieënde voorwerp --
Die wildbewaarder --
Die Daniëlla-dossier --
die meisie van Parys.

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About the author

Deon Meyer was born in the South African town of Paarl in the winelands of the Western Cape in 1958, and grew up in Klerksdorp, in the gold mining region of Northwest Province.

After military duty and studying at the Potchefstroom University, he joined Die Volksblad, a daily newspaper in Bloemfontein as a reporter. Since then, he has worked as press liaison, advertising copywriter, creative director, web manager, Internet strategist, and brand consultant.

Deon wrote his first book when he was 14 years old, and bribed and blackmailed his two brothers into reading it. They were not impressed (hey, everybody is a critic ...)
Deon Meyer

Heeding their wisdom, he did not write fiction again until he was in his early thirties, when he started publishing short stories in South African magazines.

"I still believe that is the best way to learn the craft of writing. Short stories teach you a lot about story structure - and you have limited space to develop character and plot," says Deon.

In 1994 he published his first Afrikaans novel, which has not been translated, "simply because it was not good enough to compete on the international market. However, it was a wonderful learning experience".

All later novels have been translated into several languages, including English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Finnish, Czech, Romanian, Slovakian and Bulgarian.

Deon lives in Melkbosstrand on the South African West Coast with his wife, Anita, and they have four children to keep them busy: Lida, Liam, Johan and Konstanz.

Other than his family, his big passions are motorcycling, music (he is a Mozart fanatic, but loves rock 'n roll too), reading, cooking and rugby (he unconditionally supports the national Springbok team and the Free State Cheetahs provincial team).

Reviews

[Tinus Van vuuren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Elke kortverhaal 'n meesterstuk.

[Wayne Jordaan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lekker stories met verassende kinkels in die stert.