The Rock Rabbit and the Rainbow: Laurens Van Der Post Among Friends

Van Der Post, Laurens ; Hinshaw, Robert (editor)

ISBN 10: 3856305408 / ISBN 13: 9783856305406

Published by Daimon Verlag, Switzerland, 1998

About this Item

Some light rubbing and edgewear. Text has previous owners name inked on title page, but is otherwise clean and tight in binding. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # 087852

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Rock Rabbit and the Rainbow: Laurens Van Der Post Among Friends
• Publisher: Daimon Verlag, Switzerland
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3856305408
• ISBN 13: 9783856305406
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Sir Laurens van der Post, author, film-maker, storyteller of worldwide renown, soldier, prisoner of war, political advisor to heads of state, humanitarian, explorer, conservationist ... the list goes on and on. His extraordinary curiosity, his love for the small and the great, and his tremendous feeling and concern for his surroundings and all that they included, set him traveling the lands and the waters of the world, a messenger in search of meaning. He touched and inspired many along the way, some of whom are to be found in the pages of this book. A true man of his time, Sir Laurens was born in 1906 in the interior of South Africa, served in the British forces during World War II, including three-and-a-half years in Japanese captivity, and lived and worked since that time in London, where he died just after celebrating his 90th birthday in December, 1996. The Rock Rabbit and The Rainbow was originally conceived as a Festschrift, or gift collection of writings, for Sir Laurens by several of his friends and then evolved into its present form, which includes numerous original contributions by Sir Laurens himself.

About the Author

Sir Laurens van der Post, author, film-maker, storyteller of worldwide renown, soldier, prisoner of war, political advisor to heads of state, humanitarian, explorer, conservationist ... the list goes on and on. His extraordinary curiosity, his love for the small and the great, and his tremendous feeling and concern for his surroundings and all that they included, set him traveling the lands and the waters of the world, a messenger in search of meaning. He touched and inspired many along the way, some of whom are to be found in the pages of this book. A true man of his time, Sir Laurens was born in 1906 in the interior of South Africa, served in the British forces during World War II, including three-and-a-half years in Japanese captivity, and lived and worked since that time in London, where he died just after celebrating his 90th birthday in December, 1996.