Syferfontein

Peet van Jaarsveld has run Syferfontein, his Karoo goat farm, with an iron fist for decades. Since his wife’s death he has withdrawn from family and neighbours alike, insisting to himself that his harshness was right. Over one weekend in the week of the Day of the Covenant, 1960, events on the farm expose how old, stubborn and frail he has become, and the novel moves through his recollections, musings and dreams as he reckons with his past.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Genres

Family (assigned by AI)

Set in

South Africa, 1960

First published

2016 by Protea Boekhuis

ISBN

9781485306887 (original)