The ghost of Afrikaner identity in <i>Ancestral voices</i>, <i>Leap year</i> and <i>The long silence of Mario Salviati</i> (Etienne van Heerden)

Ghost characters are a characteristic of the novels of Etienne van Heerden, but little research has been done concerning the nature and function of these ghost characters. In this article I discuss Van Heerden’s use of ghost characters diachronically with reference to the novels Ancestral voices (19...

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Main Author: Mariëtte van Graan
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: AOSIS 2017-04-01
Series:Literator
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Online Access:https://literator.org.za/index.php/literator/article/view/1339