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By Herman Charles Bosman

Bosman’s Voorkamer tales first seemed within the discussion board in 1950-1951 as a weekly column and have been thought of by way of his colleagues as his most sensible paintings. This quantity includes the entire Voorkamer tales within the order during which they initially seemed, unabridged and uncensored. In those tales, the neighborhood farmers assemble in Jurie Steyn’s voorkamer, which doubles because the Drogevlei put up place of work, to percentage the inside track of the day, touch upon international occasions and inform tales approximately lovely women, ghosts and hypochondriacs.The whole Voorkamer tales is now complemented by way of a "Bushveld Portfolio" through David Goldblatt: 12 formerly unpublished images taken within the Marico sector. the pictures might be interspersed with the textual content, imprinted on the part identify pages introducing every one element of the Voorkamer Stories.

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