Harvest/HBJ Book A Far Off Place, (Paperback)

from DeltaQueen50

A Far Off Place by Laurens Van Der Post is the story of a long and dangerous journey across Africa undertaken by four people who survived a massacre, Francois Joubert whose home farm was the site of the massacre, Nonnie, a young white girl who is a friend and neighbour of Francois and two Bushmen...

from bookwoman247

This is a YA book that was written in the 1970's. It is a tale of two young white survivors of a massacre in Africa, Francois and Nonnie, and how they escape, survive pursuit, and cross the Kalahari with the help of their good friends, a bushman, Xhabbo andx his wife, Nuin-Tara. This book is sure...

from DeltaQueen50

A Far Off Place by Laurens Van Der Post is the story of a long and dangerous journey across Africa undertaken by four people who survived a massacre, Francois Joubert whose home farm was the site of the massacre, Nonnie, a young white girl who is a friend and neighbour of Francois and two Bushmen...

from Banbury

"A Far Off Place" is located in Africa, but also in the wild yet ordered regions of our own best selves. There is a hero, but he is not self-consciously so. There is a love story, but not a soft one. There is suffering, but it is not maudlin. A boy and his dog are thrust from their Edenic existen...

from Banbury

"A Far Off Place" is located in Africa, but also in the wild yet ordered regions of our own best selves. There is a hero, but he is not self-consciously so. There is a love story, but not a soft one. There is suffering, but it is not maudlin. A boy and his dog are thrust from their Edenic existen...