From Man to Man or Perhaps Only
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South Africa’s first novelist, Olive Schreiner, is perhaps most famous for her work The Story of an African Farm (1883), which is widely read and taught. Her penultimate book, From Man to Man (1926), now out of print, is arguably more important and relevant, not only because it is a more mature study of early racial and imperial relations but also because of its more modern characterisation. The previous edition of this work was edited and completed posthumously by Schreiner’s husband. This new edition, edited by Prof Dorothy Driver, renowned academic, editor, and literary critic, who believes that Cronwright-Schreiner misread the author’s intention, adds another ending, written by Schreiner in her own words in a letter to a friend. She also repairs the editorial and proofreading errors introduced by Cronwright-Schreiner.
An introduction by Driver, and appendices which include Cronwright-Schreiner’s ending, notes on the genesis of the text, and a glossary of South African terms, clarify and add to the value of this ‘unfinished novel’, cited as ‘the best writing (Schreiner) ever did’.
