Nominated for four Naledi Awards (South Africa's equivalent of the Olivier Awards) including Best New South African Play.
Craig Higginson Bücher
Craig Higginson ist ein international gefeierter Schriftsteller, dessen Werke in die Tiefen der menschlichen Psyche und die Komplexität zwischenmenschlicher Beziehungen eintauchen. Seine Theaterstücke, die oft für ihre kühne Perspektive und literarische Tiefe gelobt werden, konzentrieren sich auf Themen wie Identität, Erinnerung und die Suche nach Sinn in der heutigen Welt. Higginson zeichnet sich durch scharfsinnige Introspektion und eine lyrische Sprache aus, die den Leser in einen Strudel der Emotionen zieht. Mit seinen Werken bietet er aufschlussreiche Einblicke in gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen und universelle menschliche Erfahrungen und hat sich damit den Ruf als eine der bedeutendsten zeitgenössischen literarischen Stimmen erworben.
Winner of Naledi Award for Best New South African play (March 2011).
The Dream House
- 258 Seiten
- 10 Lesestunden
The narrative unfolds in a valley where a farmhouse is replicated multiple times, each version slightly different. Amidst this eerie setting, a woman in a wheelchair sifts through memories while her husband explores the remnants of past life. Themes of longing and mortality emerge through the dreams of a young woman labeled as 'the barren one' and the introspection of an aging headmaster. The arrival of a mysterious car at the driveway adds tension, hinting at unresolved stories and connections within this haunting landscape.
Little Foot
- 96 Seiten
- 4 Lesestunden
Part realism, part nightmare, acclaimed South African playwright Craig Higginson's play takes us on an unforgettable journey into our unconscious ancestral memory.
The Landscape Painter
- 274 Seiten
- 10 Lesestunden
It’s winter in London, 1947. When Arthur Bailey, a solitary landscape painter, catches sight of a young woman, Felicity, who is moving into the neighbouring bed-sit, he’s stirred to recall in haunting detail events that have been kept hidden for fifty years.The Landscape Painter is a double tale of obsession, betrayed trust and irrepressible hope. As a young and brilliant artist, Arthur travelled to South Africa in the late 1890s to pursue his best friend’s sister, the beautiful and enigmatic Carwyn Hamilton. His subsequent revelations about Carwyn were to blight his life and torment him for decades afterwards.From the gold-crazed streets of early Johannesburg and the epic battlefields of the Anglo-Boer War, to the austerity of post-War Britain, The Landscape Painter is a spectacular historical novel filled with wit and insight, written in Higginson’s characteristically sinuous, lyrical prose.
