Deon Meyer
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Meyer, Deon
- Data di nascita
- 1958
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Zuid-Afrika
- Nazione (per mappa)
- South Africa
- Luogo di nascita
- Paarl, Zuid-Afrika
- Luogo di residenza
- Klerksdorp, South Africa
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Melkbosstrand, South Africa
Loxton, South Africa
Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa - Istruzione
- Potchefstroom University
- Attività lavorative
- journalist
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Le prix Mystère de la critique (2004)
Krimi Preis (2006)
Nominert til Sunday Times Literary Prize - Breve biografia
- Deon Meyer was born in the South African town of Paarl in the winelands of the Western Cape in 1958, and grew up in Klerksdorp, in the gold mining region of Northwest Province.
After military duty and studying at the Potchefstroom University, he joined Die Volksblad, a daily newspaper in Bloemfontein as a reporter. Since then, he has worked as press liaison, advertising copywriter, creative director, web manager, Internet strategist, and brand consultant.
Deon wrote his first book when he was 14 years old, and bribed and blackmailed his two brothers into reading it. They were not impressed (hey, everybody is a critic ...)
Deon Meyer
Heeding their wisdom, he did not write fiction again until he was in his early thirties, when he started publishing short stories in South African magazines.
"I still believe that is the best way to learn the craft of writing. Short stories teach you a lot about story structure - and you have limited space to develop character and plot," says Deon.
In 1994 he published his first Afrikaans novel, which has not been translated, "simply because it was not good enough to compete on the international market. However, it was a wonderful learning experience". All later novels have been translated into several languages, including English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Finnish, Czech, Romanian, Slovakian and Bulgarian.
Deon lives in Melkbosstrand on the South African West Coast with his wife, Anita, and they have four children to keep them busy: Lida, Liam, Johan and Konstanz.
Other than his family, his big passions are motorcycling, music (he is a Mozart fanatic, but loves rock 'n roll too), reading, cooking and rugby (he unconditionally supports the national Springbok team and the Free State Cheetahs provincial team).
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- Utenti
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- Popolarità
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- Voto
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- Recensioni
- 240
- ISBN
- 526
- Lingue
- 14
- Preferito da
- 13
They settle in the small town and other people start to join them. They build a successful community, but their very success lures other marauders to attack them and there is a constant battle among the inhabitants for power and control. Comprised of both interviews that tell the story of others’ survival and Nico’s own thoughts interspersed with plenty of action, I found Fever to be an excellent read. Where the book fell short for me was in the ending. First one of the major story lines was left dangling and when the rather odd twist at the end was revealed it seemed not to affect Nico at all which really didn’t make much sense.
Deon Meyer is well known for his thrillers and crime stories so he certainly knows how to deliver the action. The story is set in the near future and I found the survival aspects to feel both authentic and interesting. Unfortunately the ending of what was well on it’s way to being a 5 star read fell short so despite it’s haunting atmosphere and gripping story, the book ended with a whimper rather than a bang.… (altro)