"Presents a thick volume of about 700 pages of letters written by the late Elize Botha, beloved literary critic and academic and various well-known Afrikaans writers is compiled by Heilna du Plooy. Authors and poets such as Audrey Blignault, Hennie Aucamp, NP van Wyk Louw, Elisabeth Eybers, Lina Spies and many more corresponded with Botha. Some of the letters are deeply touching, others will make you laugh or let you re-read them for the fresh insight they offer. The correspondents portray the small and big events in their lives and share their opinions about books and people."--