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In the eighteenth century, a giant strides the border of the Cape Colony frontier... longlisted for the 2020 international booker prize RED DOG by willem anker translated by michiel heyns Great news from Pushkin Press HQ this morning! Willem Anker and his translator Michiel Heyns have made the 2020 International Booker Prize longlist with RED DOG, their fierce novel about legendary South African frontiersman, Coenraad de Buys. Coenraad de Buys is a legend, a polygamist, a swindler and a big talker; a rebel who fights with Xhosa chieftains against the Boers and British; the fierce patriarch of a sprawling mixed-race family with a veritable tribe of followers; a savage enemy and a loyal ally. Like the wild dogs who are always at his heels, he roams the shifting landscape of southern Africa, hungry and spoiling for a fight.   BUY THE BOOK HERE   But first, let us introduce you... See, behind the crag lizard I arise from the rock. I dust my hat, light my pipe. Behold me: I am the legend Coenraad de Buys. Come, let me contaminate you, my reader of tainted stock. If you read this, you see what I see. And I see everything. I am of all time, I am immortal. Do not call me soul. I have a multitude of names. Call me rather Coenraad, or Coen if you are my mother or sister. Pen me down as De Buijs, De Buys, Buys or Buis, just as you see fit. Call me King of the Bastards, Khula, Kadisha, Moro, Diphafa or Kgowe. I am all of them. I am omnipresent. I am Omni-Buys. You will find me in many embodiments. You will come across me as itinerant farmer and anthropologist, rebel and historian. I am a vagabond, a book-bibber, a smuggler, lover and naturalist. I manifest as hunter, bigamist, orator, pillager, patriot, stone-shagger. I am a warrior and a liar; I am a scoundrel and a teller of my own tale. I am going to blind you and bewilder you with my incarnations, with my omnipotent gaze. I am a bird of passage, I am the wind beneath your wings. Stroke the small of my back and you will know I am no angel. I know you well. I know you can’t look away. read the first chapter here about the author and translator pictured: willem anker Willem Anker was born in Citrusdal in the Western Cape in 1979 and lectures in creative writing at Stellenbosch University. His first novel, Siegfried, was published in 2007. Red Dog was published in Afrikaans in 2014 and won six major literary prizes in South Africa. It is his first novel to be translated into English. Michiel Heyns is a South African author and translator. He has won numerous awards in South Africa, including the 2012 Sunday Times Fiction Prize for his novel Lost Ground and the Sol Plaatje Prize for Marlene van Niekerk’s The Way of the Women. find out more Copyright © 2020 Pushkin Press, All rights reserved.

take a bookish break this half term our holiday picks to keep the kids reading With Storm Ciara raging between bursts of indecisive sunshine, planning for the half term is looking a little tricky. Grab yourself a bit of downtime over the holiday and take a look at our reading recs: with everything from classic seafaring adventures to mischievous mechanical monsters. from the waterstones children's book prize shortlist bearmouth by liz hyder For a book you'll devour in one sitting, try this story of friendship, courage and resistance. Brand new in paperback, this critically acclaimed debut comes complete with a unique narrator, a pacey plot and plenty of heart-stopping moments. Find out what lurks in the depths of Bearmouth mine today. joyn the revolushun evil grannies with a mechanical army duncan versus the googleys BY kate milner All Duncan wanted was to spend the holiday with his video games, but his parents have shipped him off to his Great Aunt Harriet's boring retirement home. When he meets the caretaker's daughter, however, the two children discover that Arthritis Hall - and its residents - are not all they appear to be... find out more 'a treasure trove of a book' - hilary mckay lampie by annet schaap Lampie makes a big mistake when she forgets her lighthouse duties one night. Cast out, she encounters mermaids, pirates and monsters in this classically captivating adventure from beloved Dutch illustrator, Annet Schaap.  set sail here Copyright © 2020 Pushkin Press, All rights reserved.

Discover your next read with Pushkin OUR FAVOURITES FOR FEBRUARY PUSHKIN'S MUST-READ BOOKS FOR THIS MONTH New Year's may seem like a distant memory, but don't let your resolution reading streak falter this month! Luckily for you, we've made it super easy to pick up a publication with some of our most immersive, compelling and addictive books yet. How about a terrifying dystopia where human meat production has been legalised? Or maybe a trip down the dark mines with our Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlisted debut? Check out our February favourites below! GRUESOME AND GRIPPING TENDER IS THE FLESH BY AGUSTINA BAZTERRICA (TR. SARAH MOSES) When animal meat becomes poisonous to humans, the hunger must be satisfied somehow. Cue the 'Transition', where the government legalises the production of 'special' meat. That is to say - human meat. If everyone was eating human meat, would you? HAVE YOUR TASTE SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE BEARMOUTH BY LIZ HYDER Newt has lived down Bearmouth mine for a lifetime. Working for the Master, praying to the Mayker, every day in the dark looks much the same. But when new boy Devlin arrives, whispers of revolution begin echoing around the caverns. Can Newt step up and lead the resistance? START YOUR JOURNEY FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE HONJIN MURDERS THE INUGAMI CURSE BY SEISHI YOKOMIZO (TR. YUMIKO YAMAKAZI) When the head of the Inugami clan dies, his estranged family gather to hear his will. Its contents, however, take everyone by surprise. Soon, the men of the family are murdered, one by one, in increasingly bizarre and gruesome ways. Can Detective Kosuke Kindaichi solve the mystery? DIVE IN HERE 'A CHRONICLE OF EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING' - GUARDIAN MAZEL TOV  BY J.S. MARGOT (TR. JANE HEDLEY-PROLE) Margot was in her early 20s when she went to become a tutor for the Schneider children. Despite living on its doorstep, she was taken aback by the customs of the Orthodox Jewish culture she was now in the heart of. A funny, charming, yet totally honest look at the boundaries we build in our lives; and how children are often the ones who break them down. READ IT NOW Copyright © 2020 Pushkin Press, All rights reserved.