Justin Fox’s new book titled ‘Place: South African Literary Journeys’.
Justin Fox is a travel writer of long standing (and long journeys) and a novelist. His new book brings those interests together: Place: South African Literary Journeys (Umuzi) is about journeys following the works of great South African writers – trips to and through Olive Schreiner’s Eastern Cape, JM Coetzee’s Karoo, Zakes Mda’s Wild Coast, Deneys Reitz’s Boer War journey across the Cape, and others. I spoke to Fox at the launch of the book; here are edited highlights of that conversation.
First, let’s get some facts and figures. You’ve got nine journeys in the book, and some of them are rather long journeys. The book itself is a journey. How long was that journey? How many kilometres did you drive? How long did you work on this book?
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