The Snow Sleeper - Paperback

by Marlene Van Niekerk (Author), Marius Swart (Translator)

In The Snow Sleeper, the art and meaning of storytelling is illuminated in four magically interwoven tales of friendship. In each, a narrator's narrow vision is gradually broadened and transformed into piercing self-knowledge.

Author Biography

Marlene van Niekerk is an award-winning and internationally acclaimed poet and novelist. Her first novel, Triomf, was published in 1995, and Agaat followed ten years later. Kaar received the Hertzog Prize for Poetry in 2014. She is currently professor of creative writing at the University of Stellenbosch.