Born 1952 · South Africa
UJ-prys 2020 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“A Dog’s Thought”
Kerneels Breytenbach · 67 when first published
Novel
AI-generated summary:Fleur de Villiers, an investigative journalist who prefers good food and wine and knows nothing about rugby, is asked by her old friend Maurice Kumalo to write a biography of the Springbok captain Katstert Nel on the eve of the 2025 World Cup.
UJ-prys 2015 · Shortlist
Kerneels Breytenbach · 62 when first published
Novel · 336 pages · Historical, Love, Politics
AI-generated summary:Inspired by a meeting in 1940 between D.F. Malan and a German spy, Mrs Thyra Denk: a novel of forbidden passion and political intrigue.
UJ-prys 2012 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Picnic at Hangklip”
Kerneels Breytenbach · 59 when first published
Novel · Crime
AI-generated summary:Joshua Gumbo, a Zambian in a Johannesburg crime syndicate, accidentally shoots the parents of the young lawyer Sonja Griessel while stealing their car. She starts afresh in the Overstrand, and he follows her to the Cape to get back the mojo her kiss took from him.