Lady Anne is one of Antjie’s Krog most acclaimed poetry collections. It was released in 1989, in Afrikaans, in the last tumultuous decade of apartheid, and received the Hertzog Prize in 1990
Newly cast in English, the collection transforms into a document of multiple voices, highlighting the complexity of a colonial legacy – still relevant 26 years later.
The critics say:
Stephen Clingman: “There is a rugged, gripping quality to Krog’s language, digging deep into the nature of South African life and her own self-challenging life
to it.”
Ingrid de Kok: “Krog engages . .. with originality and power, in poetic language of great beauty, passion and complexity.”
Kerry says: ‘’It is a rich dish, and you can only take so much at each sitting. And delicious.’’
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