HET VAN VERLANGEKRAAL

350pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2024

Afrikaans historical novel set in rural South Africa in the early 20th century. Based on the novel written by Johannes Becker, Leon van Nierop reworked Becker's novel into a TV series and later into a radio series.

Het Heiberg, the daughter of a 'bywoner' (sharecropper), rebels against a conservative, authoritarian school system.

South African writer, journalist, presenter, actor and film critic Leon van Nierop is the author of more than twenty novels, including Droomjagter, Duiwelsroos, Moord op Lake Panic, Ballade vir 'n Enkeling, Stralejakkers and Ratels.