Annemarié van Niekerk’s memoir about love and violence in South Africa was awarded a prestigious literary prize in the Netherlands. Onder ’n bloedrooi hemel tells the story of the brutal murders on a farm near Elliot, and the way in which they take Annemarié on a journey into the past: from her growing-up years to her love affair with a black colleague, Denzel, to her father who wants to protect her from the world at all costs – and all within the heartbreaking context of South Africa’s bitter history.
