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Looking on Darkness (Afrikaans: Kennis van die aand ) is a 1973 debut novel by prominent Afrikaans novelist Andre Brink. The novel was the first Afrikaans book to be banned by the South African government.
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Development
Seeking a readership abroad after being banned in South Africa, André Brink translated Kennis van die aand into English and published it abroad as Looking on Darkness. This was his first self-translation.
Production
Kirkus review had mixed reception of the novel, writing "All of this has more validity as thesis than as fiction."
References
Looking on Darkness (novel) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA