Na 'n plaas in Afrika (To Farm in Africa)

De: Irma Joubert

Narrado por: Anton Brink

’n Nuwe lewe wag op hom.

In 1939 bars die oorlogbom in Europa. Drie miljoen kinders word uit London ontruim na veiliger gebiede. Een van hulle is die sesjarige Charles Smith, op pad na ’n onbekende tante van sy pa in ’n klein dorpie in Skotland. By aunty Grace wag ’n nuwe lewe op hom. Aan die anderkant van Europa ruk die Duitse Sesde Leër op teen Rusland. Tussen die manskappe is die vurige majoor Oswald von Stein, Hildegard se stiefseun. Voor hulle wag die Russiese winter, Stalingrad en die krygsgevangenekampe van Siberië. 90 000 word gevange geneem, net sesduisend oorleef. Charles en Oswald beleef teenoorgestelde kante van die oorlog. Beide bevind hulself egter op pad na ’n plaas in Afrika waar hul paaie sal kruis met dié van Seretse Khama en Mentje de Vries.

Please note: This title is in Afrikaans.

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Irma Joubert

Baie dankie vir die wonderlike reis wat Ek kon meemaak. Seenwense vir jou en jou gesin

UITSTEKEND!

Irma, soos áltyd het ek jou boek baie geniet. Jou navorsing, voordat jy n boek skryf, is uitstekend. Baie dankie! Rina vN

Great research done!

Truly enjoyable story, with historic bits. The German and Tswana words great to hear, even thow not well pronounced, still had an emotional effect on the reader!

Endurance against adversity.

This is a stunningly researched book. It's grueling the listen through the long march of death or let's rather call it, the thinning out process that the Russian army practiced to separating the weak ones from the strong ones. Even the POW camps was a dreadful eye opener. This reached a climax for me when the author explained how the returning German pow soldiers experienced rejection from the very country they fought for. The auther used this backdrop as the grinding mill that would transformed one of the main characters from an arrogant and prideful person to someone with character who is able to appreciate good qualities in another character that he might not even have thought of looking at in another lifetime.....I hope this doesn't give away too much of the plot.

Verruklik

Uitstekend geskryf. Maak geskiedenis opwindend en skilder 'n prentjie van Afrika om op trots te wees!

The hardships of war and the perseverance of humans.

I liked the love stories intervowen in between the reality of war. This is a beautiful book from beginning to end.

Uitstekend!

Ek het hierdie een baie geniet. Eerste keer in jare wat ek na n boek in Afrikaans geluister het. Goed geskryf en goed gelees! Wel gedaan!!

Goeie storielyn

Aangenaam verras. Verteller se vroulike rolle was minder oortuigend en het soms 'n robot stemtoon gehad.

Excellent story

Irma Joubert brilliantly told the 2 stories of the 2 men on opposite sides of World War II. The reader assumes that their paths would cross. At times this seems almost impossible, yet the 2 stories evolve quite realistically and believably to end on a farm in Africa. Excellently told, set in respective milieu and events that were thoroughly researched and expertly woven into the book. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The narration is quite good, although a little more could have been made of the various European accents.

So so mooi!

Dankie Irma en Anton. I have not read or listened to a book in my mother tongue for over 20 years. This book pulled at so many of my heart strings and it was absolutely delightful to listen to.