- Fiction
- Afrikaans novel
30 Nagte in Amsterdam
Etienne van Heerden
ISBN:
Publisher:
Date Released:
Price (incl. VAT):
Format:
Soft cover, 352pp
About this book:
UJ Prize for the Best Creative Writing in Afrikaans (2009
WA Hofmeyr Prize (2009)
M-Net Prize for the Best Original Novel in Afrikaans (2009)
Etienne van Heerden's new novel is a tour de force.
Henk Andreas de Melker, lowly museum assistant in a small town in the Eastern Cape, is unexpectedly informed that he is the sole beneficiary of his late, long-lost Aunt Zan's estate. Her final years were apparently spent in Amsterdam.
Zan was a beautiful but eccentric woman, but she was prone to seizures and extremely unsociable behaviour . . . but her “other life” - her political activism, her acting ability, her involvement in cloak-and-dagger scenarios - was known to very few.
Upon arriving in Amsterdam, Henk soon finds that his own life becomes inextricably bound to that of his late aunt. During the course of thirty nights in Holland's capital city many secrets are revealed, and Henk returns to South Africa with the knowledge that his life will never be the same again.
RELATED BOOKS

Gedeeltelik bewolk
Ruan Kemp

Vloek
Rudie van Rensburg

Weerlose meganika
Anton Roodt

Die ongelooflike onskuld van Dirkie Verwey
Charl-Pierre Naudé

Sondes van die vaders
Lerina Erasmus, François Bloemhof

Man uit die dode
Chris Karsten

Die uur van die engel
Karel Schoeman

Die verevrou
Jan van Tonder

Tweegevreet
Zirk van den Berg

Prooi
Deon Meyer

Skadukant
Rika Cloete

My naam is Prins, ek slaap met die lig aan
Christine Barkhuizen-le Roux

Bos
Jaco Wolmarans

Die kinders van Spookwerwe
Lize Albertyn-du Toit

Hond se gedagte
Kerneels Breytenbach

Middernag
Sidney Gilroy

Nadraai
Jaco Kirsten

Medusa
Rudie van Rensburg

Die kleinste ramp denkbaar
Francois Smith

Aanspreeklikheid
Jaco Fouché

Die Generaal
Hans Pienaar

’n Hart is so groot soos ’n vuis
P.P. Fourie

Merk
Rudie van Rensburg

Die dekonstruksie van Retta Blom
Zelda Bezuidenhout

Op soek na Tretchikoff
Anita du Preez

Sewe-en-veertig
Irma Venter

Die versoeking van Thomas Maas
Chris Karsten

Somtotaal
Anchien Troskie

Anderman se vrou
Chris Karsten

Donkerdrif
Deon Meyer

Die boek van gelukkige eindes
Debbie Loots

Vergeet my nie
François Bloemhof

Stille waters
Juanita Aggenbach

Die biblioteek aan die einde van die wêreld
Etienne van Heerden

’n Soort van bevryde vrou
Kristel Loots

Die kind uit die wingerd
Helene de Kock

Hans gee Herklaas horings
Rudie van Rensburg

Mooier as Marilyn
Anita du Preez

Sewe dae by die Silbersteins
Etienne Leroux

Klapperhaar slaap nie stil nie
Kirby Van der Merwe

Klikbek
Sidney Gilroy

Slagoffer
François Smuts

Ek wens, ek wens
Zirk van den Berg

Die wolkversamelaars
Nadia de Kock

Rooiborslaksman
Marinda van Zyl

Draairivier
Engela Ovies

Bruidzilla
Marion Erskine

Skag
Jaco Wolmarans

Skepsel
Willem Anker

Kinnes
Chase Rhys