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"Poland's latest novel is set on a small guano island on the south-eastern coast of South Africa in 1957, inhabited only by lighthouse keepers, guano workers and gangs of convicts who harvest the island's 'white gold'. The Keeper tells the story of Hannes Harker, the island's senior lighthouse keeper and his young wife, Aletta, destined for one of the loneliest and most confined postings in the service. Here they are forced to challenge and confront the three 'commandments' implicit in the lives of those who serve the island :ever leave the light, never fall and never cross the line. For Hannes, a keeper's son himself, the posting to the island initiates a pilgrimage to concealed childhood memories. His fascination with the 'light' is intimately bound to his distant, autocratic father, the defection of his brother and the secrecy surrounding the tragic death of his mother. But for the wildly spirited and guilt-haunted Aletta, also born into the lighthouse tradition, the island brings frightening isolation before it does enlightenment. Thrust into a struggle against the desolating hold of the light, both Hannes and Aletta need to transcend the rigid requirements of an existence that denies the grace of compassion and the value of community." -- Publisher: http://www.mediaupdate.co.za/?IDStory=70177 Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The Keeper* by Marguerite Poland is one of those books that will make you realise the beauty of South African writing; the distinctive voice that forms part of a whole nation’s soul instead of just an individual person. It’s beautiful and yet it’s such a haunting voice. Nevertheless, it’s present. In The Keeper, Marguerite Poland captures this voice perfectly in her vivid imagery, her spellbinding plot-line and the bittersweet characters that we come to know during this tale. However, none of those things came close to the elegant poignancy of Poland’s words. Utterly, utterly engrossing from beginning to end, it’s as if I was transported to 1957 and could witness the relayed events first-hand. I could hear the waves, feel the wind, and taste the brine, all because of the incredibly crafted descriptions that Poland used.
If the plot summary doesn’t catch your attention – which I highly doubt will be the case – you might still want to get your hands on The Keeper, because this is a book worth studying for its impeccable writing-style.
Plainly put, I loved it.
*The Keeper is also translated into Afrikaans (called Die Bewaker) and is published by Penguin Books South Africa.
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