1899

“Mil ochocientos noventa y nueve” | Olive Schreiner & Martina Trach | Avenauta, Spain | 72pp | 13 x 22 cm

1889 narrates the vicissitudes of a family during the British conquest of South Africa, during the so-called Boer War. In the manner of the great sagas, we witness the inevitable and tragic call of the men to the front, while the women, as cohesive members of the family, are left to take care of farms and houses. Stories marked by the constant threat of war and the feeling of loss, yet filled with the rootedness to their land and hopes.
Olive Schreiner, a writer recognized as one of the main precursors of feminist fiction, narrates a story in which she pours out in all its harshness and nostalgia the life experience of the women around her.

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