Too Late the Phalarope | Characters
The strength of characterization in this novel is supreme. Old Jakob, the Afrikaner patriarch is proud in the Afrikaner tradition and nationalism. Callan identifies these nationalistic tenets as "votk, kerk, taal, land" (people, church, language, soil). When Flip Van Vuuren at Jakob's birthday party drunkenly demands to know "what's the point of living, what's the point of life?" Jakob pontifically reiterates this Afrikaner nationalistic philosophy: "The point of living is to serve the Lord your God, and to uphold the honour of your church and language and people . . ." Backed by...
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