Herman Charles Bosman

Cold Stone Jug

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The remarkable autobiographical account of just over four year's hard labour in South Africa's Pretoria Central prison during the early twentieth century, written by one of South Africa's greatest storytellers.In 1926 Herman Charles Bosman was condemned to death after a catastrophic incident in which his step¬brother was shot dead. On the judge's recommendation, however, a reprieve was granted and at the age of twenty-one, Bosman went to serve just over four years of a ten-year sentence of imprisonment.Cold Stone Jug is the unique chronicle of Bosman's experiences in Pretoria Central prison. Filled with larger-than-life real characters, viole… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-64764-518-2
EAN: 9781647645182
Produktnummer: 38663543
Verlag: Scrawny Goat Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Seitenangabe: 194 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.0 cm 290 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 290

Über den Autor

Herman Charles Bosman (1905-1951) was born near Cape Town to an Afrikaner family, but was fluent in both English and his mother tongue. He started writing short stories while at school in Johannesburg, and later became a teacher in the western Transvaal. Intrigued by that region and its characters, Bosman based most of his writings thereafter on his experiences at that time. In June 1926, after an argument at his family home in Johannesburg, he shot and killed his stepbrother. Convicted of murder, he was sentenced to death. This was later reduced to ten years with hard labour, but he was released on parole after five years. His prison experiences formed the basis for his semi-autobiographical book, Cold Stone Jug. After his release, he earned a living by running his own printing company and working as a journalist in Britain and South Africa before his death from a suspected heart attack.