I thank the South African writer Toni Henning for her review of my novel “The Afrikaner” (Guernica Editions, Toronto, 2019). One comment struck me most and made me ponder over the total freedom writers can and should have when devising their stories and the characters that inhabit them: “I can hardly believe that the author is not South African.” Here is the Toni Henning‘s full review: “The Afrikaner stirred a number of emotions in me; pride in the beauty of the landscapes an