Op soek na Saartjie

Langenhoven se geheime liefde

Dominique Malherbe

ISBN:

9780624091233

Epub ISBN:

9780624091240

Publisher:

Tafelberg

Date Released:

April 2021

Price (incl. VAT):

R 350.00

Format:

Soft cover, 240pp


About this book:

In 1932, Afrikaans literary icon CJ Langenhoven died suddenly. He surprised the Afrikaner establishment by naming a young Jewish woman, the fiery redhead Sarah Eva Goldblatt, executrix of his literary legacy. 
Since childhood, Dominique Malherbe had been intrigued by the mystery surrounding her great-aunt and Langenhoven. She finally set out to discover Sarah’s story, reclaim her for posterity, and find Sarah's son. In this biography-cum-memoir she uncovers a fascinating literary love story.

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Readers say

“Fassinerend en roerend. Sarah se rol in die groei van Afrikaans is oor dekades liederlik onderskat.”

– Herman Lategan


“Onthullende, noodsaaklike leesstof vir alle liefhebbers van die Afrikaanse letterkunde.”

– Jan-Jan Joubert


“Onthul ’n boeiende stuk literêre geskiedenis en skyn ’n lig op ’n merkwaardige vrou.”

– Karina M Szczurek


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