A place called Vatmaar : a living story of a time that is no more

A hundred years ago, a small settlement sprang up in theNorthern Cape.

A rich diversity of people moved in, as the children were born, Vatmaar became a village.

A. H. M. Scholtz tells of Oom Chai, who in turn tells of a Vuurmaak, who in turn introduces someone else.

Thus a chain of stories is created interlinking the fates of unforgettable characters like Lance-Corporal George Lewis and his Tswana wife, Rush, Sis Bet, Old Chetty, Hendruk, January, Tant Vonnie and her daughters as they recount tales of the Anglo-Boer War, the diamond diggings, court cases and stokvels: the tricksters and the tricked, marriages and funerals, love and betrayal.

A Place Called Vatmaar is a panoramic novel: compelling, wise and humane.