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Looking on Darkness (Afrikaans: Kennis van die aand) is a 1973 novel by prominent Afrikaans novelist Andre Brink. The novel was the first Afrikaans book to be banned by the South African government. [1]
Looking on Darkness (Afrikaans: Kennis van die aand) is a 1973 novel by prominent Afrikaans novelist Andre Brink. The novel was the first Afrikaans book to be banned by the South African government. [1]
Seeking a readership abroad after being banned in South Africa, [2] André Brink translated Kennis van die aand into English and published it abroad as Looking on Darkness. This was his first self-translation. [3]
Kirkus review had mixed reception of the novel, writing "All of this has more validity as thesis than as fiction." [4]
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1973.
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