'The fascination of Jung is inescapable and van der Post has given us an excellent book - eloquent, learned and most impressive in its evocation of a devilishly provocative man' - The Nation
Laurens van der Post was born in Africa in 1906. Most of his adult life was spent his time divided between Africa and England. His professions of writer and farmer were interrupted by ten years in the army, behind enemy lines in Abyssinia, the Western Desert and the Far East where he was taken prisoner by the Japanese while commanding a small guerrilla unit. He went straight from prison back to active service in Java. He was awarded the CBE for his services in the field. He died in 1996, aged 90.
For the first time the whole man is presented to the world. We are
made aware not merely of his psychiatric achievement, but of the
slow and painful self-development, the humour and warm humanity,
the vital relevance to our troubled time, and the essential
loneliness of this man of genius. An unforgettable portrait of a
great man
*Alan McGlashan*
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