“Going into the desert evokes ancient biblical and literary traditions: the Israelites wander in the wilderness for forty years, Elijah flees into the desert, and John the Baptist emerges from the desert. Like these examples, the desert experience is depicted as a test for Zoe, both a personal trial and a professional one” (Joseph Pivato in his review of “The Afrikaner)
Life, Possibilities, and the Kalahari’s Many Secrets in The Afrikaner by Arianna Dagnino
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