Novels & Literature (SA)
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Disgrace - J.M. CoetzeeDisgrace by J.M. Coetzee concerns David Lurie, middle-aged and twice divorced, a scholar fallen into disgrace. After years teaching Romantic poetry at the Technical University of Cape Town, he has an impulsive affair with a student. The affair sours; he is denounced and summoned before a committee of inquiry. |
ZAR 350.00 |
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Age Of Iron - J.M. CoetzeeAge Of Iron by J.M. Coetzee is set in Cape Town, South Africa, where an old woman is dying of cancer. A classics professor, Mrs. Curren has been opposed to the lies and brutality of apartheid all her life, but she has lived insulated from its true horrors. Now she is suddenly forced to come to terms with the iron-hearted rage that the system has wrought. |
ZAR 350.00 |
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The Columbia Guide to South African Literature in English Since 1945 - Gareth Cornwell, Dirk Clopper & Craig MacKenzieThe Columbia Guide to South African Literature in English Since 1945 by Gareth Cornwell, Dirk Clopper & Craig MacKenzie is an invaluable guide for general readers as well as scholars of African literary history, this comprehensive text celebrates the multiple traditions and exciting future of the South African voice. |
ZAR 175.00 |
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Jock of the Bushveld - Percy FitzpatrickJock of the Bushveld by Percy Fitzpatrick is a story set in the rough bushveld of South Africa's gold mining era. Jock is the faithful dog and companion of a transport rider. Through their adventures we catch a glimpse of those heady gold rush days. Jock, the runt of the litter turns out to be a faithful companion to the end. |
ZAR 150.00 |
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Jock of the Bushveld - Sir Percy FitzPatrickJock of the Bushveld by Sir Percy FitzPatrick is a story set in the rough Bushveld of South Africa's gold mining era. Jock is the faithful dog and companion of a transport rider. Through their adventures we catch a glimpse of those heady gold rush days. Jock, the runt of the litter turns out to be a faithful companion to the end. |
ZAR 300.00 |
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Basjan en Wilhelm en die Manne van die Kamp - Jan GeldenhuysBasjan en Wilhelm en die Manne van die Kamp by Jan Geldenhuys is inscribed by the author and contains a letter to Cecil Margo (Justice Margo then) |
ZAR 450.00 |
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Face To Face - Nadine GordimerFirst edition copy of Face To Face by Nadine Gordimer, her first book, a collection of short stories. In these stories Gordimer has revealed the psychological consequences of a racially divided society. |
ZAR 1,200.00 |
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Invisible Furies - Michiel HeynsInvisible Furies by Michiel Heyns explores, as in the widely applauded Lost Ground, the tensions between the fatherland and a larger world. Michiel Heyns turns an ironic eye on the most seductive city on earth (Paris), and traces with humour and insight the invisible furies of the heart. |
ZAR 60.00 |
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Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu - John O Hunwick and Alida Jay BoyeHidden Treasures of Timbuktu: Rediscovering Africa's Literary Culture by John O Hunwick and Alida Jay Boye shows the astonishing manuscripts of Timbuktu which form the lavish visual heart of this book. Beautifully graphic, occasionally decorated, these exquisite artefacts reveal great craftsmanship as well as learning. |
ZAR 225.00 |
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Eerste Sooie - P. J. NienaberEerste Sooie by P. J. Nienaber is a discussion of early literature in Afrikaans in South Africa and the struggle to adopt Afrikaans as an official language. Afrikaans text. |
ZAR 90.00 |
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Mhudi first edition - Sol. T. PlaatjeFirst edition copy of Mhudi: An Epic of South African Native Life One Hundred Years Ago by Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje. |
ZAR 4,500.00 |
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A Vendetta of the Desert - W. C. ScullyA Vendetta of the Desert by W. C. Scully is the story of a Tyardt van der Walt, a boer farmer in South Arica, and his life and times. Ex libris copy. |
ZAR 450.00 |
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Ake - Wole SoyinkaAke: The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka traces eleven years of growing up in a world that was alternatively hostile and secure, cruel and tender. |
ZAR 175.00 |
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In a Province - Laurens van der PostIn a Province by Laurens van der Post is the authors first novel originally published in 1934. The novel portrays the tragic consequences of a racially and ideologically divided South Africa. |
ZAR 135.00 |
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An I.D.B. In South Africa - Louise Vescelius-SheldonAn I.D.B. In South Africa by Louise Vescelius-Sheldon is a novel written during the booming diamond mining era in South Africa. |
ZAR 550.00 |
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Propaganda by Monuments & Other Stories - Ivan VladislavicPropaganda by Monuments & Other Stories by Ivan Vladislavic is an uncommon collection of 11 richly inventive short stories by Ivan Vladislavic. In some of the stories he confronts the comfortable realities of popular romance and adventure, plundering the guidebook and dictionary. |
ZAR 750.00 |
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when three sevens clash - edited by Percy Zvomuyawhen three sevens clash is a literary magazine conceived by Percy Zvomuya in part to commemorate the life and work of Zimbabwean musician Thomas Mapfumo and in part to think about the people and landscape of Zimbabwe. |
ZAR 250.00 |