Van Der Post, Laurens Venture to the Interior Ref CO [Hardcover]

Laurens Van der Post (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: The Hogarth Press Ltd (December 1952)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0701202459
• ISBN-13: 978-0701202453
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,795,356 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificient Nayasaland, April 29, 2009

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This is one of van der Post's earliest books written in 1952 about his post WWII journey by "aeroplane" across Africa and to Nayasaland (Malawi)to survey the highlands of Mt. Mlanje and the Nyika Plateau for the colonial British govenment.

Anyone that has read Laurens van der Post knows that he is a master of description both of the land and the people he encounters. I had wanted to read this book for years. It was very highly recommended to me by a fellow Peace Corps volunteer while I was in Botswana in southern Africa. After many years I found this on Amazon and finally read it and had a very difficult time putting it down to attend to the other demands of life. It is a very good, engaging book.

As you read this you will have to look beyond the colonial perspective that van der Post had regarding the British and the Malawian "natives" and see the riches of the country and it's people of that period. van der Post reflects often on the people and his recent return from his ordeal as a prisoner of war.