| The Lost World of the Kalahari (Isis Series) |  | Buy New: $69.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 11 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2943470
Category: Book
Author: Laurens Van Der Post
Publisher: ISIS Audio Books
Studio: ISIS Audio Books
Manufacturer: ISIS Audio Books
Label: ISIS Audio Books
Format: Audiobook
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.5 x 1.3
ISBN: 185089745X
Dewey Decimal Number: 968
EAN: 9781850897453
ASIN: 185089745X
Publication Date: June 1990
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Product Description
In moving detail, Van Der Post recounts his search for a primitive group of Bushmen, a once wide-spread people that approached extermination by opposing tribes and Europeans during the last few centuries. Van Der Post, yearning to uncover Bushman culture in its true form, gathers together an expedition and eventually discovers a group in the heart of the Kalahari desert. 8 cassettes.
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 Great book May 30, 2008
Good story teller, offering hidden charm and magic between the lines. A mind-opening invitation to our ancient ways.
van der Post right on June 26, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Laurens van der Post is frequently and correctly cited for his effusive language and exaggerations, but this account of the Bushmen and their environs is fairly close to the truth and makes great reading. I ordered this copy to replace the one I lent to my professor of African Studies at the Air Force War College (which he kept). He thought it was one of the best expositions of the life and circumstances of the bushmen and based on my limited knowledge from classwork on the subject it seems to be on target.
I Loved the Book Anyway May 25, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
It has been twenty years since I read this book, but it left a strong impression on me for its beautiful writing and images. In spite of what the one Amazon reviewer said, I would still recommend the book for its adventure and wonder, even if it is not an entirely true story. Just keep in mind that it might have a big dash of fiction. In a strange way, though, it makes the book even more interesting.
The one Amazon reviewer said, "Anyone who is thinking about reading this book should know that VDP was a major BS artist. Very good at it too, was a friend of royalty and also Jung. If you can find it, read J.D.F. Jones "Storyteller: The Lives of Laurens Van Der Post". To his credit, he did oppose apartheid."
Behind any book, there is often a very strange reality.
A book filled with love and dignity October 6, 2004
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
An older friend of mine met Laurens Van der Post in Australia and described him as "a wonderful man." A large part of the joy of reading "Kalahari," his best-known book, comes from the experience of his transparent honesty and honest heart. His writing style is as wonderful as the man was--unpretentious, without "side," and ever positive and life-affirming. Van der Post did a fine service in revealing how trivial and unconnected our modern traits of cynicism and meaninglessness appear before the Bushmen's selfless creed. This is one of the great books of pilgrimage.
 Should come with warning label January 7, 2002
27 out of 35 found this review helpful
Anyone who is thinking about reading this book should
know that VDP was a major BS artist. Very good at it too,
was a friend of royalty and also Jung. If you can find it,
read J.D.F. Jones "Storyteller: The Lives of Laurens Van
Der Post". VDP was constantly reinventing himself. Many
of his stories about everything from his war record to
his Bushman connections were exaggerated or just plain
invented. People loved to hear this stuff about the great
white hunter, the ancient heart of Africa, blah blah blah.
To his credit, he did oppose apartheid.If you want an readable book on the Bushmen, try Elizabeth
Marshall Thomas' "The Harmless People". At least she actually
knew them! BTW The film is called "The Lost World of the Kalahari",
BBC 1958. Don't know if you can get it on video. A better bet
would be "Kalahari Desert People", by John Marshall.
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