Novels & Literature (SA)

Front cover of Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
Disgrace - J.M. Coetzee

Disgrace 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
Front Cover of Age Of Iron by J.M. Coetzee
Age Of Iron - J.M. Coetzee

Age 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
Front cover of The Columbia Guide to South African Literature in English Since 1945 by Gareth Cornwell, Dirk Clopper & Craig MacKenzie
The Columbia Guide to South African Literature in English Since 1945 - Gareth Cornwell, Dirk Clopper & Craig MacKenzie

The 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
Front cover of Jock of the Bushveld by Percy Fitzpatrick
Jock of the Bushveld - Percy Fitzpatrick

Jock 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
Slipcase of Jock of the Bushveld by Sir Percy FitzPatrick
Jock of the Bushveld - Sir Percy FitzPatrick

Jock 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
Front cover of Basjan en Wilhelm en die Manne van die Kamp by Jan Geldenhuys
Basjan en Wilhelm en die Manne van die Kamp - Jan Geldenhuys

Basjan 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
Front cover of Face To Face by Nadine Gordimer
Face To Face - Nadine Gordimer

First 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
Front cover of Invisible Furies by Michiel Heyns
Invisible Furies - Michiel Heyns

Invisible 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
Front cover of Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu by John O Hunwick and Alida Jay Boye
Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu - John O Hunwick and Alida Jay Boye

Hidden 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. Nienaber

Eerste 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
Front cover of First edition copy of Mhudi by Sol. T. Plaatje
Mhudi first edition - Sol. T. Plaatje

First edition copy of Mhudi: An Epic of South African Native Life One Hundred Years Ago by Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje.

ZAR 4,500.00
Front cover of A Vendetta of the Desert by W. C. Scully
A Vendetta of the Desert - W. C. Scully

A 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
Front cover of Ake: The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka
Ake - Wole Soyinka

Ake: 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
Front cover of In a Province by Laurens van der Post
In a Province - Laurens van der Post

In 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
Front Cover of   An I.D.B. In South Africa by Louise Vescelius-Sheldon
An I.D.B. In South Africa - Louise Vescelius-Sheldon

An 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
Front Cover of Propaganda by Monuments & Other Stories by Ivan Vladislavic
Propaganda by Monuments & Other Stories - Ivan Vladislavic

Propaganda 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
Front cover of when three sevens clash edited by Percy Zvomuya
when three sevens clash - edited by Percy Zvomuya

when 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