Hendrik Januarie’s Poetry Lifts Everyday Events Out of the Ordinary

New Afrikaans poetry from Kwela: Nagjakkals by Hendrik Januarie.

Hendrik Januarie’s poems often evoke the quiet landscape of the Karoo. Whether he remarks upon the near-death of a tortoise in the veld, or the silence that befalls the Karoo when the sun sets, or the prowling nature of a jackal at night, Januarie lifts everyday events out of the ordinary, so that the poems resonate long after they’ve been read.

He writes also deeply and achingly about loss – especially with regard to the Laingsburg flood of 1981.

Note: BOOK SA will feature an excerpt from Nagjakkals later this week.
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Januarie se werk word gekenmerk deur ‘n baie eiesoortige, suiwer stem. Hy skryf veral vanuit die wêreld van sy heimat, die Klein Karoo. Klein gewaarwordinge oor ‘n nagjakkals, ‘n bosluis, ‘n aalwynboom, word uitgelig tot iets groters, ‘n oomblik van insig in die self, in ander of oor die lewe dan. Hy skryf ook diep ontroerende verse oor verlies, en meer spesifiek oor die Laingsburg-vloed van 1981. Die krag van sy poësie lê dikwels in die ongesêde woorde, in dit wat agter die verse huiwer.

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• Nagjakkals
  by Hendrik Januarie
  EAN: 9780795702532
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