Bosman’s Voorkamer stories first appeared in The Forum in 1950-1951 as a weekly column and were considered by his colleagues as his best work. This volume contains all the Voorkamer stories in the order in which they originally appeared, unabridged and uncensored. In these stories, the local farmers gather in Jurie Steyn’s voorkamer, which doubles as the Drogevlei post office, to share the news of the day, comment on world events and tell stories about pretty girls, ghosts and hypochondriacs.The...
The entire sequence of Bosman’s famous Oom Schalk Lourens stories, in one volume for the first time. Edited from authoritative sources, and accompanied by original illustrations, this gathering represents a feast of South Africa’s best-loved tales. The sixty pieces include all-time favourites like “In the Withaak’s Shade”, “Makapan’s Caves” and “Willem Prinsloo’s Peach Brandy”, the Boer War classics “Mafeking Road” and “The Rooinek”, as well as several lesser-known treasures. “Bosman’s Oom...
Hierdie versameling bevat die beste verhale en humor van Bosman, nou ook in Afrikaans vertaal deur die bekroonde Afrikaanse digter, Johann de Lange. Sterlig op die veld bevat 23 van Bosman se beste stories. Dit sluit klassieke Oom Schalk-stories in soos “Die pad na Mafeking”, “Die Rooinek” en “Makapan se grotte”, en ook Voorkamerstories soos “Skoolkonsert” en “Geboortesertifikaat”. En in beroemde stories soos “’n Boere-Rip van Winkel” en “’n Ou Transvaalse verhaal” hoor ons die stem van die...
Herman Charles Bosman’s unique account of the term he served as a young man in Pretoria Central Prison. Convicted of murder, and initially condemned to hang on death row, he had his sentence commuted to be a regular convict through the 1920s and into the 30s. By turns gruesome and humorous, and bravely wrenched out of his tortured memory, when it was first published in 1949 Cold Stone Jug was greeted as too grim and dubious for polite literary circles, although it proved a reliable seller....
This reissued collection contains the best of Bosman’s stories and humour, previously published in two volumes: Starlight on the Veld: Best of Herman Charles Bosman’s Stories and Recognising Blues: Best of Herman Charles Bosman’s Humour. Starlight on the Veld is a collection of 25 of Bosman’s finest stories – the most striking, the most moving, the most memorable. Oom Schalk classics like “Mafeking Road”, “In the Withaak’s Shade”, “The Rooinek” and “Makapan’s Caves” are included, alongside...
