Description

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Bitter Eden is based on Tatamkhulu Afrika's own capture in North Africa and his experiences as a prisoner-of-war in World War II in Italy and Germany. Winner of the Olive Schreiner Prize for a new or emerged talent.

About the Author

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Tatamkhulu Afrika is a celebrated South African writer who died in 2002 at the age of 82. Born in Egypt of an Arab father and Turkish mother, but brought up by a white South African family, he led a colourful life (including imprisonment for his anti-apartheid activism) and only began writing in earnest in his seventies. Bitter Eden won the Olive Schreiner Prize for new or emergent talent. He is the author of 8 volumes of poetry and an autobiography.

Praise For…

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"A fervent account of repressed passion in POW camps."  —Michael Arditti, Times

"An extraordinarily powerful novel . . . it reads like an epic prose poem—or a deathbed confession"  —Mark Simpson, Independent on Sunday