The Lost World of the Kalahari

With 'The Great and the Little Memory'

Sir Laurens Van Der Post author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:3rd Jan '02

£10.99

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The Lost World of the Kalahari cover

In this enthralling book van der Post establishes his role as a distinguished explorer and writer describing the rediscovery of the Bushmen, outcast survivors from Stone Age Africa.

Laurens van der Post was fascinated and appalled at the fate of this remarkable people. His fascinating attempt to capture their way of life and the secrets of their ancient heritage provide captivating reading and a unique insight into a forgotten way of life.Laurens van der Post was fascinated and appalled at the fate of this remarkable people. Ostracised by all the changing face of African cultural life they retreated deep into the Kalahari desert. His fascinating attempt to capture their way of life and the secrets of their ancient heritage provide captivating reading and a unique insight into a forgotten way of life.

The Lost World of the Kalahari (1958) and The Heart of the Hunter (1961)...are loathed by San scholars and serious ethnologists. But they matter. Van der Post gave a face and a story to a discarded people before anyone else thought to do so. * Guardian *
A master storyteller, he had the knack of identifying the significant, poetical image * Sunday Times *

ISBN: 9780099428756

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 16mm

Weight: 181g

256 pages