Trade Paperback, 264 pages RRP: R160, ISBN 0958446814 (Random House SA) Publication date: October 2002, Category: Autobiography Description Tried and convicted on charges of sabotage in 1964, Hugh Lewin spent seven years in prison in South Africa, secretly recording his experiences and those of his fellow inmates on the pages of his Bible. Upon his release these writings were published in London as Bandiet: Seven Years in a South African Prison and hailed as a classic of South African prison literature. Published in several editions outside the country, the book remained banned in South Africa. In Bandiet Out of Jail the full text of the original is re-published as well as stories that were originally excluded to avoid problems for the author’s colleagues. Previously unpublished poems by Lewin and his description of his experiences with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission offer unique insights into changes in the political and emotional landscape since Lewin’s return in 1992. Bandiet Out of Jail contains the original prison illustrations by Harold Strachan, (twice a fellow bandiet with Lewin in Pretoria), as well as several new drawings by Strachan, done especially for this book. It was only as a prisoner – as a bandiet in a South African jail – that I could begin to realise what life is like for most South Africans. I am white. I had to go inside to know what it is like to be black. – Hugh Lewin E-mail us a comment on this book. (Comments may be edited and used on this website.) To buy this book www.exclusivebooks.com www.kalahari.net home   writers   books   contact   buy   rights all content © Umuzi, Random House Struik this website designed and maintained by Guanaco.co.za