Review of 'The Lost World of the Kalahari' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
This is an account of an expedition to find a lost tribe of "Bushmen" in the Kalahari desert. The author is a vivid storyteller and explorer, the sort of which are hard to come by these days. If anybody attempted this expedition in 2014, the progress would be on Twitter and the photos up on Instagram before the Bushmen even realised anybody was looking for them. I digress. Plagued by both misfortune, and an equal share of fortune, Laurens' team also set out to make a film of their exploits under guidance from the BBC. It doesn't start off well, but judging from the fact there is an IMDB entry for The Lost World of the Kalahari, the film did get made in the end. I would be quite interested to see it having read the book, which starts off rather slowly (the expedition doesn't even reach the planning …
This is an account of an expedition to find a lost tribe of "Bushmen" in the Kalahari desert. The author is a vivid storyteller and explorer, the sort of which are hard to come by these days. If anybody attempted this expedition in 2014, the progress would be on Twitter and the photos up on Instagram before the Bushmen even realised anybody was looking for them. I digress. Plagued by both misfortune, and an equal share of fortune, Laurens' team also set out to make a film of their exploits under guidance from the BBC. It doesn't start off well, but judging from the fact there is an IMDB entry for The Lost World of the Kalahari, the film did get made in the end. I would be quite interested to see it having read the book, which starts off rather slowly (the expedition doesn't even reach the planning stages until chapter 4, and sets off in about chapter 7) and crams any actual Bushman encounters into the last chapter or two (I don't think this is a spoiler given the photos of Bushmen eithin the first few pages). It alludes to a second book covering the Bushmen in much more detail (especially their many stories and legends), although I'm not sure which of [a:Laurens van der Post|10374|Laurens van der Post|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1282469143p2/10374.jpg]'s books this would be.