Shortlisted for the 2022 South African Literary Awards

Longlisted for the 2022 Sunday Times Literary Awards

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In the Namibian harbour town of Lüderitz, a liminal space where desert meets ocean, a terrible history is made personal when film­maker Henry van Wyk must confront a childhood tragedy that has mould­ed his life.

Having returned to his birthplace in an attempt to get his career back on track, Henry struggles to complete his latest documentary. Every morning he swims in a nearby tidal pool on Shark Is­land, and finds himself increasingly drawn to the small town and its ro­mantic possibilities. But the tranquil land hides a bloody history.

At the Edge of the Desert is a meditation on loss, isolation and love. It asks us to consider the implications of telling someone else’s story.


Order At the Edge of the Desert here, and the ebook here.