Book of the week – The troubled times of Magrieta Prinsloo
The Herald has a copy of The troubled times of Magrieta Prinsloo to give to one lucky reader.
The troubled times of Magrieta Prinsloo is a fiction novel by Ingrid Winterbach, the acclaimed author and visual artist from Stellenbosch.
Winterbach’s books have won numerous awards, including the M-Net Prize, the Hertzog Prize and the UJ Prize. The Netherlands and USA have also published her novels.
The troubled times of Magrieta Prinsloo
When a zoologist, Magrieta Prinsloo, is put on the wrong antidepressant, her head comes unstuck. She clashes vehemently with her colleagues, insults the head of her department and impulsively resigns from her job. Magrieta then accepts a position at the Western Cape branch of the Bureau for Continuing Education, with the inscrutable Markus Potsdam as her boss.
Regular business trips take her to the Eastern Cape and other destinations. The range of colleagues, people in wheelchairs and whales that she encounters during these visits, sets her life on a new tangent. When Potsdam disappears one morning, matters become even more complicated.
In this new novel, Winterbach’s extraordinary gift as a novelist and uncanny understanding of the human psyche, are again as evident as ever.
The Herald has a copy of The troubled times of Magrieta Prinsloo to give to one lucky reader. To win, simply answer the following question:
The troubled times of Magrieta Prinsloo is an English translation. What is the name of the Afrikaans book by Winterbach?
SMS your answer followed by your name and surname to 45518.
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*Competition closes on Friday, 14 June at 14:00
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