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Arthur Goldstuck
Arthur Goldstuck made the world of South African urban legends his own
with four best-sellers during the 1990s. Now he returns to this
landscape, but from a very different angle: looking at the extent to
which ghost stories are really urban legends - stories spread by word
of mouth (and the media) as absolute truth, but falling short on
evidence and reality. In exploring ghost stories as urban legends,
Goldstuck makes a fascinating discovery: the ghostly beliefs of each
culture across South Africa have had a profound impact on the
supernatural beliefs of every other cultural group in the country over
the past four centuries. The result is the story of the South African
ghost: a unique and complex character that reflects a turbulent
history and a harsh existence and sheds a fascinating light on the
nature of supernatural experience throughout the world. For instance,
what do the Flying Dutchman and the Uniondale Ghost have in common?
Why do the ghosts of so many of the country's fallen soldiers wander
the earth seeking their forbidden lovers? How do our religious beliefs
affect the way we see ghosts? How many ghosts of Daisy de Melker are
really out there? Arthur Goldstuck has some of the answers in a book
that challenges much conventional thinking about the supernatural.
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