Set in southern Africa in the 1870s, this novel is about living and dying and language and identity. Versluis, a solitary, well-off, rather rigid Dutchman, travels to Bloemfontein because he has TB. Here he comes into contact with fellow sufferers...
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Set in southern Africa in the 1870s, this novel is about living and dying and language and identity. Versluis, a solitary, well-off, rather rigid Dutchman, travels to Bloemfontein because he has TB. Here he comes into contact with fellow sufferers also seeking a cure, with the people who make up the white community of the raw South African town.