Rooi Jan Alleman

An invented life of the Afrikaner communist and anti-apartheid hero Bram Fischer, born of dreams to the lowing of Bloemfontein oxen. As a boy he is visited by the spirits of Paul Kruger, Jopie Fourie and Hendrik Biebouw, the first to call himself an Afrikaner. The novel follows the young radical’s inner life and escapades into hiding, his thoughts as he changes his looks and his name, and into prison and solitude, held up by his love for Molly.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

285 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, Politics (assigned by AI)

Set in

South Africa

First published

2013 by Umuzi

ISBN

9781415202036 (original)