Shortlisted for the 2022 South African Literary Awards
Longlisted for the 2022 Sunday Times Literary Awards
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.