When we were still bright-eyed youngsters in school, reading at least one Dalene Matthee book as part of the Afrikaans syllabus was part of the high school experience. She created characters that were utterly fascinating to us. She brought 19th century life in the Tsitsikamma region to life in our mind’s eye. She painted vivid picturess of the Knysna forest with her words. She basically summoned us to go see this marvelous part of South Africa for ourselves. (Watch the video