Katastrofes

by Breyten Breytenbach

"The greatest Afrikaner poet of his generation."— The New Yorker Reminiscent of Julio Cortázar's Cronopios and Famas , this searing collection of lyrical and often nightmarish prose pieces is inventive in both language and vision. At once vulnerable, playful, heart-wrenching, and melancholy, these dreamscapes shed light on the human condition, exile, and death. A feast for the senses and the mind. Breyten Breytenbach is the author of All One Horse , Intimate Stranger , Mouroir , Voice A Nomadic Conversation with Mahmoud Darwish (Archipelago Books), The True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist , A Season in Paradise , and Windcatcher , among many others. His honors include the Alan Paton Award, the Hertzog Prize, the Prix Max Jacob, and the Mahmoud Darwish Award.

Hardcover

First published January 10, 2012

About the author

Breyten Breytenbach was a South African writer, poet, and painter. He became internationally well-known as a dissident poet and vocal critic of South Africa under apartheid, and as a political prisoner of the National Party-led South African Government. He is also known as a founding member of the Sestigers, a dissident literary movement, and was one of the most important living poets in Afrikaans literature.