Book description
A spellbinding new book by the much-acclaimed writer, a journey to South Africa in search of the lost people called the /Xam - a haunting book about the brutality of colonial frontiers and the fate of those they dispossess.
In spring 2020, Julia Blackburn travelled to the Karoo region of…
Why read it?
1 author picked Dreaming the Karoo as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I loved the spare, reflective nature of this book, which is part anthropology, part history, and part life writing from an immensely talented writer.
It’s also a great read for anyone who loves a story-within-a-story, as it layers a lost Indigenous history with the efforts of an unorthodox pair of 19th-century researchers to record everything they could about the /Xam people before their language and culture were lost forever.
From Trilby's list on South African identities.
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