Herman Charles Bosman in Marico Revisited
Achingly Beautiful Stories
Oog (eye) of the Marico River.
Herman Charles Bosman may have spent only six months in Groot Marico before being imprisoned for the murder of his step-brother while on holiday in Joburg, but he produced 150 achingly beautiful stories that evoke life in this small town.
'There is no other place I know that is so heavy with atmosphere, so strangely and darkly impregnated with that stuff of life that bears the authentic stamp of South-Africa.' — Herman Charles Bosman in Marico Revisited.
Bosman Quotes
‘I am told that I have a deep insight into the character of the Afrikaner who lives his life on the platteland. I acquired this knowledge in the Marico, where I was sent when my mind was most open to impressions.’ - Herman Charles Bosman
‘A low wind stirs the wet grass, and you feel, for a little while, that you know the same thing that the veld knows, and in your heart are whisperings.’ - Herman Charles Bosman
By
David Bristow