AVAILABLE SOON:
468
pages
Publication
date: July 2012
ISBN:
978-0-9870346-0-1
Recommended
retail price: R190
This
novel is about the journey of an ordinary South African caught up in the collapse
of modern South Africa. Sitting on a hillside above a ruined Johannesburg, he
is forced to make a choice – to go back to the pioneer spirit of the past, or
to end his life alone amid the wreckage. He chooses the former, knowing that to
survive he would, quite literally, have to start again from scratch; ‘going
back’ to where South Africa was some 350 years ago.
He
builds a primitive cart and embarks on a journey, not only to try to reach
Durban where friends may have survived, but also to apply his mind, within the
limits of his knowledge, education and background, to the circumstances that
had brought him – and his country – unwittingly into this catastrophe.
Although the book is
fiction, there is no guarantee that what is described cannot happen.
About the Author:
Jake
van der Wilden, was born in 1941. His parents were Dutch immigrants, who
initially settled in Pretoria. He was educated in the Western Cape, and has
lived in many South African towns and cities. He has been married to his wife
Pat for 41 years.
His
career has wandered through the legal field, wholesale and retail selling, HR,
training and development, owned a petrol station, and currently a small
maintenance business. He loves to read, is fluent in English and Afrikaans and
is a keen golfer.
He has visited five
continents, and believes that South Africa is one of the best countries in the
world when all concerned work to keep it that way.
Jake's book is an intersting and informed read, and certainly a wake up call to all who care about this country. I would recommend it both for the factual content, and the storyline.~ Jenny Freeme.
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