Longlisted for the 2015 Green Carnation Prize It's not possible to undo what happened in 1976. In rural South Africa a family massacre takes place; a bloodbath whose only witness is the family's black maid. Hendrik Deyer is the principal of a state-run school camp who lives nearby with his wife and their two sons, Werner and Marius. As Hendrik becomes obsessed with uncovering what happened, his wife worries about her neighbours, a poor white family whose malign influence on her son Werner is - she believes - making his ...
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Longlisted for the 2015 Green Carnation Prize It's not possible to undo what happened in 1976. In rural South Africa a family massacre takes place; a bloodbath whose only witness is the family's black maid. Hendrik Deyer is the principal of a state-run school camp who lives nearby with his wife and their two sons, Werner and Marius. As Hendrik becomes obsessed with uncovering what happened, his wife worries about her neighbours, a poor white family whose malign influence on her son Werner is - she believes - making his behaviour inexplicably strange and hostile. One night another tragedy changes each of their lives, irrevocably. Two decades later, Werner is living with his mother and invalid father in a small Pretoria flat. South Africa is a changed place. Werner holds a tedious job in the administration department of the local university and dreams of owning his own gallery. His father is bedridden, hovering on the edge of death, and furious, as he has been for twenty years. As Werner feels his own life slip away, his thoughts turn to murder as a means to correct the course of all their futures. He can't undo the past, but Werner's desperation to change his own his fate will threaten not only his own family but also those still living in the aftermath of what happened all those years ago.
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New. Werner holds a tedious job in the administration department of the local university and dreams of owning his own gallery. His father is bedridden, hovering on the edge of death, and furious, as he has been for twenty years. As Werner feels his own life slip away, his thoughts turn to murder as a means to correct the course of all their futures. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129...2016. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Add this copy of The Curator >>>> a Beautiful Signed & Dated Uk First to cart. $35.54, like new condition, Sold by Zeitgeist Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Twickenham, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2015 by Jonathan Cape.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 1st Printing. A Fine signed UK first edition, first printing hardback-in a fine dustjacket-All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days)-SIGNED & DATED BY THE AUTHOR-Pictures available upon request.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. Signed and dated on the Title page by Author Jacques Strauss. 352 p. Audience: General/trade. A Fine, as New, copy, in a Fine, as New, dust jacket; a tight copy which was bought new in 2015, and never read; both book and dust jacket are in Pristine condition. U.K. First Edition-First Printing with a full number line which ends with a 1. Signed and dated, on the Title page, by Award Nominated Author Jacques Strauss on February 19, 2015. "The Curator" takes place in South Africa; and unfortunately, it is not possible to undo what happened in 1976. Douglas Coupland in reviewing "The Curator' opines relative to the novel as a "Smart, charming, funny, highly astute and subtly political. A terrific read." "The Curator" was longlisted for the Green Carnation Prize and was shortlisted for the RSI, Encore Award in 2015. Rest assured, this collectible copy is well protected in an archival Mylar cover; and will be very carefully package with protective material; and will be shipped in a new box. We always treat all of our books, and book buyers with the utmost respect.
