Kompoun (2021)

- PICKED BY HANNEKE-
October 2021

The first novel from the pen of one of South Africa’s most prominent contemporary poets in Afrikaans, Ronelda Kamfer. In Kompoun, Nadia and her cousin Xavie are raised on Groenplaas by their grandmother, Sylvia McKinney, the “matriarch of lies”, the one who shattered the truth like an expensive porcelain vase. The two of them try to piece together the truth, exposing the things their family keep secret. A story of friendship amidst harsh reality and toxic family ties.