This Life

Written by one of South Africa’s most celebrated writers, This Life considers both the past and future of the Afrikaner people through four generations of one family. Told from the perspective of one woman in her final days, and beautifully written in Schoeman’s poetic, lyrical style, it is a remarkably vivid account of a 200 year-old culture and history that has been irrevocably lost. A quietly powerful book about memory and reconciliation.