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By: Zirk van den Berg
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Kwela Books
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780795708794; 9780795708817
Subjects: Fiction; History
Description: "German South-West Africa, 1905. A time of war and upheaval. The frail Siegfried Bock comes to the protectorate as a soldier to prove his mettle. But soon he becomes disillusioned when he witnesses atrocities he cannot forget. Lisbeth Löwenstein is here to marry a man she hardly remembers, a settler who has sent money to her impoverished parents in exchange for her hand in marriage. Mordegai Guruseb escapes from a concentration camp where prisoners are dying from deprivation. But before long his freedom is threatened once again.And then there is failed doctor Albert Pitzer who considers himself a scientist and hopes to gather data that prove his theories. However, Alvaus Luipert, a local schoolmaster, will not stand for his arrogant assumptions and demeaning methods. In the vast, majestic landscape of German South-West Africa, the fates of these five people intertwine and each one's humanity is tested to the limit."--Back cover.
Notes: Also available in Afrikaans as: Die vertes in

Also issued in electronic format.