Looking on Darkness (novel)
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(publ. Buren-uitgewers, Kaapstad)
Looking on Darkness (Afrikaans: Kennis van die aand, or Knowledge of the Evening) is a 1973 novel by prominent Afrikaans novelist Andre Brink. The novel was the first Afrikaans book to be banned by the South African government.[1] One of the story lines in the novel which caused controversy was that of a tragic relationship between a Coloured man and a white English woman, a type of relationship that was illegal under Apartheid, and the inclusion of such a storyline was harmful to the relations of different ethnicities in South Africa according to the Publications Control Board. [2]
