The Memory of Birds in Time Revolutions is a collection of searching new essays by the acclaimed author of Returen to Paradise and True Confessions of an Albion Terrorist. Essaying his homeland, Africa, at the end of the twentieth century, Breyten Breytenbach offers penetrating insights on a variety of topics: the release of Nelson Mandela from prison ("Nelson Mandela is Free"); the early days of Mandela's presidency, and its failures (the controversial "Open Letter to Nelson Mandela"); the geography of the writer's ...
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The Memory of Birds in Time Revolutions is a collection of searching new essays by the acclaimed author of Returen to Paradise and True Confessions of an Albion Terrorist. Essaying his homeland, Africa, at the end of the twentieth century, Breyten Breytenbach offers penetrating insights on a variety of topics: the release of Nelson Mandela from prison ("Nelson Mandela is Free"); the early days of Mandela's presidency, and its failures (the controversial "Open Letter to Nelson Mandela"); the geography of the writer's imagination ("Tortoise Steps"); death as the mother of beauty ("Cadavre Exquis"); the true meaning of reconciliation and reform after apartheid ("Fragments from a Growing Awareness of Unfinished Truths"); and much more.
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Very Good jacket. Very Good in Very Good unclipped dust jacket. Gently used with NO markings in text; binding is tight. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
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As New. Like new, first edition, all pages clean and crisp, some shelfwear to dust jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Animals & Birds; ISBN: 0151001685. ISBN/EAN: 9780151001682. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: ABE521517847.
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New York. 1996. Harcourt Brace. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0151001685. 169 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Steven Cooley. keywords: Literature South Africa Essays. FROM THE PUBLISHER-The Memory of Birds in Time Revolutions is a collection of searching new essays by the acclaimed author of Returen to Paradise and True Confessions of an Albion Terrorist. Essaying his homeland, Africa, at the end of the twentieth century, Breyten Breytenbach offers penetrating insights on a variety of topics: the release of Nelson Mandela from prison (‘Nelson Mandela is Free'); the early days of Mandela's presidency, and its failures (the controversial ‘Open Letter to Nelson Mandela'); the geography of the writer's imagination (‘Tortoise Steps'); death as the mother of beauty (‘Cadavre Exquis'); the true meaning of reconciliation and reform after apartheid (‘Fragments from a Growing Awareness of Unfinished Truths'); and much more. inventory #24293.
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Fine in Near Fine d/j jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. D/j slightly scuffed on surfaces, slightly rubbed on corner tips. Gold cloth spine and edges with silver lettering on spine, gold boards. 169 pages.