SLUITSTUK

184pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2023

A Dutch biographer researching the life of a recently deceased Afrikaans writer interviews his former apprentice, once an aspiring writer and now a Zen monk.

Johann Rossouw is the author of the novels 'n Rooi Z4, 'n Renaissance-kasteel and Verwoerdburg. He teaches philosophy at the University of the Free State.