The ten stories gathered together in The Tomorrow-Tamer are Margaret Laurence's first published fiction. Set in raucous and often terrifying Ghana, where shiny Jaguars and modern jazz jostle for eminence against fetish figures, tribal rites, and the unchanging beat of jungle drums, the stories tell of individuals, European and African, trying to come to terms with the frightening world brought about by the country's new freedom. With the same compassion and understanding she would bring to her later fiction set in Canada ...
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The ten stories gathered together in The Tomorrow-Tamer are Margaret Laurence's first published fiction. Set in raucous and often terrifying Ghana, where shiny Jaguars and modern jazz jostle for eminence against fetish figures, tribal rites, and the unchanging beat of jungle drums, the stories tell of individuals, European and African, trying to come to terms with the frightening world brought about by the country's new freedom. With the same compassion and understanding she would bring to her later fiction set in Canada, Laurence succeeds brilliantly in capturing the atmosphere of a continent and of individual men and women struggling for survival under the impact of the wind of change.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. jacket faded, small tear in front of jacket at lower edge, flaps faded; copy has faded text blocks and endpapers. 236 p. 22 cm.
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Very Good- Square tight copy with a 2" corner crease on front cover, a crease on spine, some color fading on spine and back cover, and covers show wear from rubbing. A collection of author's short stories set in contemporary West Africa.
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Fine. The Covers And Inside Pages Are Clean With No Highlights, Marks Or Creases. This Is Prism Magazine A Magazine Of Contemporary Writing Issue 3: 1 With The Short Story "The Tomorrow-Tamer" By Margaret Laurence. This Work Of Fiction By Now The Classic Writer. Prism Magazine 3: 1 Fall 1961. Volume #1. based on your address. -We can ship from USA and Canada. Specializing in academic, collectible and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.
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Very good. 1st Canadian Edition. 244pp. Octavo in original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Clean, tight text block. Dust jacket very good with only very mild wear to edges and mimimal fading/light chipping to edges. Not price clipped. A lovely copy. very good A collection of ten short stories set in West Africa by the famous Manitoba author.