About Laurens Van Der Post
Laurens van der Post was born in Africa in 1906. Most of his adult life was spent his time divided between Africa and England. His professions of writer and farmer were interrupted by ten years in the army, behind enemy lines in Abyssinia, the Western Desert and the Far East where he was taken prisoner by the Japanese while commanding a small guerrilla unit. He went straight from prison back to active service in Java. He was awarded the CBE for his services in the field.
Novels
In a Province (1934)
The Face Beside the Fire (1953)
A Bar of Shadow (1954)
Dark Eye in Africa (1955)
Flamingo Feather (1955)
The Seed and the Sower (1963)
aka Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
The Hunter and the Whale (1967)
A Story Like the Wind (1972)
A Far Off Place (1974)
Mantis Carol (1975)
The Face Beside the Fire (1953)
A Bar of Shadow (1954)
Dark Eye in Africa (1955)
Flamingo Feather (1955)
The Seed and the Sower (1963)
aka Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
The Hunter and the Whale (1967)
A Story Like the Wind (1972)
A Far Off Place (1974)
Mantis Carol (1975)
Collections
Chapbooks
Picture Books
Non fiction
Venture to the Interior (1952)
The Lost World of the Kalahari (1958)
The Heart of the Hunter (1961)
Journey into Russia (1964)
aka Portrait of All the Russias
A Portrait of Japan (1968)
The Night of the New Moon (1970)
aka The Prisoner and the Bomb
African Cooking (1971)
Intuition, Intellect and the Racial Question (1976)
Jung and the Story of Our Time (1976)
First Catch Your Eland (1977)
Yet Being Someone Other (1982)
Testament to the Bushmen (1984) (with Jane Taylor)
A Walk with a White Bushman: Conversations with Jean-marc Pottiez (1986)
The Creative Pattern in Primitive Africa (1987)
About Blady: A Pattern Out of Time (1991)
The Voice of the Thunder (1993)
The Admiral's Baby (1996)
The Lost World of the Kalahari (1958)
The Heart of the Hunter (1961)
Journey into Russia (1964)
aka Portrait of All the Russias
A Portrait of Japan (1968)
The Night of the New Moon (1970)
aka The Prisoner and the Bomb
African Cooking (1971)
Intuition, Intellect and the Racial Question (1976)
Jung and the Story of Our Time (1976)
First Catch Your Eland (1977)
Yet Being Someone Other (1982)
Testament to the Bushmen (1984) (with Jane Taylor)
A Walk with a White Bushman: Conversations with Jean-marc Pottiez (1986)
The Creative Pattern in Primitive Africa (1987)
About Blady: A Pattern Out of Time (1991)
The Voice of the Thunder (1993)
The Admiral's Baby (1996)
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