The Seed and the Sower

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The Seed and the Sower

First edition
Author	Laurens van der Post
Language	English
Publisher	Hogarth Press (UK)
Publication date	1963
Publication place	South Africa
Media type	Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages	246
ISBN	0701132353 (1987 edition)
Preceded by	The Heart of the Hunter
Followed by	Journey into Russia

The Seed and the Sower is a book by South African writer Laurens van der Post, consisting of three interrelated stories blended into a novel, first published in 1963.^[1] The novel was filmed in 1983 as Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, directed by Nagisa Ōshima.^[2]