A Walk with a White Bushman: Conversations with Jean-Marc Pottiez
by Laurens Van der Post
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Laurens van der Post shared a deep-rooted attachment to Europe, Africa and Japan and this book is a testament to his commitment to writing and initiating cultural and political commentaries on the issues and personalities of his time.A Walk with a White Bushman brings together his conversations with Jean-Marc Pottiez. The result is a book brimming with ideas, insights, people and events; at once thoughtful and exciting, mellow yet full of promise, autobiographical but also topical.Tags
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Laurens van der Post: A walk with a white bushman: 1987: eerste druk 1986: 318 blz: Penguin
"A walk with a bushman" is een 308 blz lang interview van de Fransman Jean-Marc Pottiez met van der Post. In het boek komen tal van typische van der Post thema's naar voren: Zuid-Afrika, natuurbescherming, Jung, Japan en krijgsgevangenschap, Rusland, Churchill, MountBatten, de Bosjesmannen. Het is niet het boek om als eerste te lezen van zijn boeken, maar als je er al een aantal hebt gelezen is het zeer de moeite waard. Boeken die ik zelf van hem heb gelezen: "The lost world of the Kalahari ***", "The heart of the Hunter ***", "Venture into the interior **", "Journey into Russia **", "The seed and the sower ***" en "The whale and the hunter show more ****".
UItgelezen woensdag 21 augustus 2002, waardering *** show less
"A walk with a bushman" is een 308 blz lang interview van de Fransman Jean-Marc Pottiez met van der Post. In het boek komen tal van typische van der Post thema's naar voren: Zuid-Afrika, natuurbescherming, Jung, Japan en krijgsgevangenschap, Rusland, Churchill, MountBatten, de Bosjesmannen. Het is niet het boek om als eerste te lezen van zijn boeken, maar als je er al een aantal hebt gelezen is het zeer de moeite waard. Boeken die ik zelf van hem heb gelezen: "The lost world of the Kalahari ***", "The heart of the Hunter ***", "Venture into the interior **", "Journey into Russia **", "The seed and the sower ***" en "The whale and the hunter show more ****".
UItgelezen woensdag 21 augustus 2002, waardering *** show less
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Colonel Laurens Van der Post, a British subject born in South Africa, has "spent most of his adult life with one foot in Africa and one in England." A soldier, explorer, traveler, and philosopher, he fought in World War II in Ethiopia, Syria, and the Far East. Since the war he has worked for the British government on a variety of missions show more throughout Africa. Van der Post's beautifully composed Venture to the Interior (1952) is much more than an account of the planned journey from London to Nyasaland in South Africa, the climbing of Mianje, and the exploration of Nyika. It catches the "unique and indefinable spirit of the ancient continent" and explores the interiors of people's minds. His The Heart of the Hunter (1961) points the way toward a rediscovery of the positive values of the wilderness in our own lives. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Travel, Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction
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- 910.4092 — History & geography Geography & travel modified standard subdivisions of Geography and travel Pirates & Shipwrecks Biography
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- PR9369.3 .V33 .Z478 — Language and Literature English English Literature English literature: Provincial, local, etc.
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