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Patricia Schonstein
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South Africa
South African fiction
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The Inn at Helsvlakte
war
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- ISBN 9781485904168
- Dimensions: 153 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 27 Feb 2020
- Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
- Publication City/Country: ZA
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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In the Karoo-like landscape of a mythical country beset with civil war, tarot cards are brandished and bones swiftly turn to dust. Against the backdrop of this arid place, Kitty Cloete, the inkeeper’s wife, survives on her inner resources.
Strong and self-willed, Kitty is a skilled equestrienne, wheelwright, blacksmith and talented harpist – none of which could shield her from an arranged marriage after an ill-fated romance.
And now, devastation at Helsvlakte. After State soldiers are ambushed by Separatist guerillas, a critically injured captain arrives at the inn. For the haunted man, whose face has been disfigured in combat, the soulful music of Kitty’s harp becomes the elixir that brings him back to life.
But drama awaits offstage. A young man who witnessed the slaying of his family and the torching of their farm hears of the captain’s residence at the inn. He holds the captain responsible for the tragedy that befell his loved ones, and sets out to find him.
The Inn at Helsvlakte is present-day troubadour Patricia Schonstein’s bewitching tale of love and betrayal, family, human foibles and the theatre of war.
Patricia Schonstein is a novelist, poet, children’s book writer and anthologist. Her novels include Skyline, winner of the French Prix du Marais in 2005; A Time of Angels, which took second place in the Sunday Times Fiction Award in 2004; The Apothecary’s Daughter; and Banquet at Brabazan, a novel shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize Africa Best Book in 2011. She lives in Cape Town.
