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The Afrikaner Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw-The Ottawa Review of Books
May 4, 2019
It takes gumption for an author to title her novel The Afrikaner, given the connotations that spring to mind about South Africa's former ruling white minority. It takes even more daring to give human faces to characters belonging to a group that oppressed for decades tens of millions of black Africans. And yet, Arianna Dagnino navigates this issue with taste, sensitivity and exquisitely Read more of this blog post »
It takes gumption for an author to title her novel The Afrikaner, given the connotations that spring to mind about South Africa's former ruling white minority. It takes even more daring to give human faces to characters belonging to a group that oppressed for decades tens of millions of black Africans. And yet, Arianna Dagnino navigates this issue with taste, sensitivity and exquisitely Read more of this blog post »
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“At times, we need to be like the weed, which bends in the wind,' the old shaman eventually says.”
― The Afrikaner (161)
― The Afrikaner (161)
“We can accept each other and be together without giving up our differences. It’s useless – even foolish – to reduce us to a common denominator.”
― The Afrikaner (161)
― The Afrikaner (161)
“The ‘Buffaloes’ were becoming a legend. The Colonel had forged them into a superb fighting machine […] Enough for a young hothead like me to want to be one of them [...]
Sam pauses and looks for a moment into the sparkling fire. The scar on his jaw glistens against the dark skin like broken glass [...]
You slowly fall prey to a sick frenzy. You develop a lust for blood. You even begin to enjoy killing.”
― The Afrikaner (161)
Sam pauses and looks for a moment into the sparkling fire. The scar on his jaw glistens against the dark skin like broken glass [...]
You slowly fall prey to a sick frenzy. You develop a lust for blood. You even begin to enjoy killing.”
― The Afrikaner (161)
“Muscles relax, the mind expands. The vastness enters into the skin like a shot. ‘Our’ time dissolves.”
― The Afrikaner (161)
― The Afrikaner (161)
“While the smoke of the dagga slowly rises into the night, the rhythm of the women’s clapping begins to accelerate. Zoe sees the two men listening intently to that far-away call. Tongues of fire light up their rapt faces, throwing hallucinatory shadows against the bush curtain.”
― The Afrikaner (161)
― The Afrikaner (161)
“Prison taught me a lot, including things I wouldn’t want to learn. Helplessly witnessing torture, death, the loss of human dignity, the abyss of bestiality our fellow humans can fall into. All this destroys something inside you – something that shouldn’t even be touched.”
― The Afrikaner (161)
― The Afrikaner (161)
“Your fortress becomes a prison once you have swarms of desperate people pressing at the gate”
― The Afrikaner (161)
― The Afrikaner (161)
“Unsure about its place and identity, a whole nation was made to believe that ethnic pride and culture could only descend from race.”
― The Afrikaner (161)
― The Afrikaner (161)
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