Breytenbach, Breyten

Memory of snow and of dust by Breyten Breytenbach( Book )
17 editions published between 1989 and 1990 in English and Undetermined and held by 486 libraries worldwide
"Meheret is a part-time journalist of Ethiopian origin, Mano is a 'mixed blood' South African actor, and Barnum is an exiled white South African writer. When Mano goes to South Africa to research a film of Barnum's life, he gets caught up in the struggle for liberation, arrested for a murder he did not commit, and sentenced to death". -- Book jacket

Mouroir : mirrornotes of a novel by Breyten Breytenbach( Book )
19 editions published between 1983 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 481 libraries worldwide
Breyten Breytenbach composed this wondrous ship of thought, this docu-dream, during a horrific period of incarceration

Windcatcher : new and selected poems, 1964-2006 by Breyten Breytenbach( Book )
3 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 401 libraries worldwide
Includes poems never before published

The memory of birds in times of revolution by Breyten Breytenbach( Book )
14 editions published in 1996 in English and Dutch and held by 310 libraries worldwide
Essays en andere teksten over politiek, kunst en samenleving

The true confessions of an albino terrorist by Breyten Breytenbach( Book )
20 editions published between 1983 and 1994 in 4 languages and held by 269 libraries worldwide
Autobiografisch relaas over de politieke, sociale, filosofische en psychologische aspecten van de Zuidafrikaanse apartheid

Lady one : of love and other poems by Breyten Breytenbach( Book )
2 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 205 libraries worldwide

Intimate stranger : a writing book by Breyten Breytenbach( Book )
8 editions published between 2006 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 192 libraries worldwide
"Addressed to a young writer, Intimate Stranger is an eclectic and generous work flowing with insight and wit. Breytenbach's candid and provocative reflections on reading and writing guide without guiding, open mental channels, surprise, and inspire. A stirring glimpse into the mind of an artist, Intimate Stranger is a river of experience and visions, brimming with sleights of tongue and overshifting in mood. This genre-defying gem makes manifest Einstein's assertion: 'Example isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.'"--Publisher's website

All one horse : fictions and images by Breyten Breytenbach( Book )
18 editions published between 1989 and 2014 in English and Dutch and held by 179 libraries worldwide
Bitesize (yet with plenty to digest) lyrical, philosophical, provocative prose pieces with Breytenbach's original paintings

Notes from the middle world by Breyten Breytenbach( Book )
6 editions published between 2009 and 2010 in English and Dutch and held by 173 libraries worldwide
"In dialogue with the dead and living - Nelson Mandela, Mahmoud Darwish, Barack Obama - internationally distinguished South African artist and writer Breyten Breytenbach's new collection of essays traces the collisions between utopia and disaster, political traumas and the renewal of hope. Notes from the Middle World is a beautiful and heart-wrenching book. Against the conformity of power, Breytenbach takes readers on a journey through the 'Middle World,' an imagined space beyond borders and exile, toward an embracing vision of justice for the un-citizens post-modernity has dispossessed." -- Back cover

Return to paradise by Breyten Breytenbach( Book )
14 editions published between 1993 and 1995 in English and French and held by 159 libraries worldwide
In 1975, Breyten Breytenbach, a young Afrikaner poet, painter, and ANC activist in exile, made a secret visit to his native South Africa. He was arrested, charged with treason, and imprisoned for seven years. Much has changed since those days: Nelson Mandela has been released, apartheid is on its way out, F.W. de Klerk has set in motion multiracial rule, and Breytenbach, the young rebel, has become one of his country's most respected figures, an insider-outsider with a unique view of South Africa and Africa as a whole. In rich, vivid, evocative prose Breytenbach captures Africa: primitive huts alongside modern airports; the constant migrations of peoples; the ethereal beauty of the land. We travel with him from town to town, from Kwamandlangampisi and Houtenbeck to Goshen and Atlantis. We hear jazz in Capetown and hippopotami oomphing in pools, we see cardboard slums for blacks and exquisite white suburbs - cool houses with luxuriant gardens behind security walls topped with broken glass. We read of principals chased from classrooms by their students, and police confiscating cameras; we pass paw-paw trees, avocado orchards, and the blackened ruins of schools and huts; we learn ancient fables and folk superstitions, and always reflect on politics. This is a poet's experience of Africa, at once unsparing and elegiac