Among the numerous plaudits bestowed on this pioneer novel is that of Es'kia Mphahlele in 1960, when he found the issues Schreiner raised in it 'too generous to fit into the South African pattern of values', while Doris Lessing in her 1968 afterword considered it to be 'one of those few rare books, on a frontier of the human mind'. As Dan Jacobson remarked in his 1971 introduction: 'Nothing can take from her the honour of being the first to make usable the country and the people within it as a subject for fiction.'
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Among the numerous plaudits bestowed on this pioneer novel is that of Es'kia Mphahlele in 1960, when he found the issues Schreiner raised in it 'too generous to fit into the South African pattern of values', while Doris Lessing in her 1968 afterword considered it to be 'one of those few rare books, on a frontier of the human mind'. As Dan Jacobson remarked in his 1971 introduction: 'Nothing can take from her the honour of being the first to make usable the country and the people within it as a subject for fiction.'
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Fair. Ex-library book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. WATERDAMAGE at bottom right-hand corner of final few pages but text unaffected. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
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Good. No Jacket. Size: 14 to 17 cm tall (16mo); Undated edition. Previous owner's ink inscription. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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4to, 301 pages, coloured drawings and plates: a new and illustrated edition of her evocative novel with an excellent Introduction by Doris Lessing; hardback, illustrated gilt covers, as issued without dw, vg.
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Small 8vo, 16+304pp, glossary, illustrations by Robb, Introduction by S C Cronwright-Schreiner; de luxe edition in full brown soft leather with gilt & red decorations; spine sl sunned, edges a bit foxed, te gilt, almost vg.