OP PAD NA 'N KLOOSTER IN DIE SNEEU

286pp., paperback, Human & Rousseau, Cape Town, 2025

ISBN: 9780798185400

A dissatisfied young chemist in the Free State discovers the writings of Christian mystic Thomas à Kempis and begins to dream of an ascetic life as a monk in France. Then he discovers he has a distant uncle who is a retired Catholic priest living in Paris, and a friendship develops between the two men.

Johannes de Villiers is a meditation instructor and co-presenter of the programme Vol Vreugde on RSG radio station. He was a member of the editorial staff at Huisgenoot/YOU, Rapport and Die Burger, and taught in the journalism department at the University of Stellenbosch.