Percy Fitzpatrick (1862–1931)

I really have no idea how to review this South African classic, first published in 1907. It is the story of a trekker and his dog, in the bushveld, but driving through the heart of it is the story of Jim Makokela, a Zulu warrior who now serves his white masters with a deep and understated wisdom and drinks whenever he has money. It is a deeply uncomfortable book on many levels to the modern reader - the treatment of the black 'boys', the casual violence, the harshness of life on the veld - and the ending is full of sorrows at many levels too. But it is an evocative portrayal of another world.… (más)