Circles in a Forest is a novel by Dalene Matthee, originally written and published in Afrikaans as Kringe in 'n Bos in 1984. It is the first book in her series of four "forest novels", set in the Knysna forest. The other three "forest novels" are Fiela se Kind (Fiela’s Child) published in 1985, Moerbeibos (The Mulberry Forest) published in 1987 and Toorbos (Dreamforest, later translated as Karoelina’s Forest) published in 2003. Circles in a Forest became a best-seller and has been translated into English, Portuguese, Dutch, French, Icelandic, Spanish, Hebrew, German, Swedish, Italian, Finnish and Norwegian.[1] The novel is a coming-of-age story about an Afrikaans woodcutter named Saul Barnard, set in and around the South African town of Knysna in the nineteenth century, focusing on the impact of a gold rush on the Outeniqua forest, its Afrikaans and Khoekhoe residents and the Knysna elephants.[2][3][4][5][6]
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| Author | Dalene Matthee |
|---|---|
| Language | Afrikaans |
Publication date | 1984 |
| Publication place | South Africa |
| Pages | 305 |
| ISBN | 9780394539119 |
| Followed by | Fiela's Child |
Film
editThe story was made into an English film Circles in a Forest in 1989.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Kringe in 'n Bos". www.seiklo.co.za. Seiklo Publishers. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "Walking in words - South Magazine". 1 September 2016. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ "Dalene Matthee's Forest Novels". Visitknysna.co.za. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "The Knysna elephants - Knysna Museums". www.knysnamuseums.co.za.
- ^ "Wild Shores and Forest Giants". ShowMe™ - South Africa.
- ^ "SA writers mourn Dalene Matthee".
- ^ "Circles in the Forest (1989)". BFI. Archived from the original on 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
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