Trade Paperback, 119 pages RRP: R130, ISBN 0958419558 (Random House SA) Publication date: September 2000, Category: Poetry Description This is the first collection of Antjie Krog’s poetry to appear in English, and it cements her reputation as one of South Africa’s greatest poets. Down to My Last Skin is her poetic exploration of her different identities, the layers that make the human condition so intricate, fragile and yet resilient. The collection is divided into seven clear sections which explore layers in Krog’s life, and those in every individual. Down to My Last Skin was the inaugural winner of the FNB Vita Poetry Award in 2000. From the reviews English-speaking readers will be surprised and refreshed by many aspects of Krog’s work, not least the wit and candour (sans sensationalism) with which she describes her own sex life. - Daily Telegraph Despite the difficulty of capturing the emotion and rhythm of a poem originally written in Afrikaans, Krog succeeds. Down to My Last Skin opens up Krog to many who have never experienced the power of her words. - Sunday Times … Krog does not hide in euphemism. The result is work that is full of surprises – great tenderness and sensitivity in one poem giving way to boldness and earthly diction in another. - Moira Lovell, Natal Witness From Down to My Last Skin, p80 (n) neither family nor friends says Lady Anne tonight everything speaks through the dead      towards me your brittle bundle of bones my longestloved beloved lies lonely and longingly cradled somewhere lost and lean I am overwhelmingly awake tonight of me so little has become you are all I had in this world beloved deathling alone and cold it is behind my ribs Africa had me giving up all it is so dark it is so bleak soft beloved taunter of me so little has become I am down to my last skin 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