At the Still Point.

New York, NY Viking Penguin: Virago Classics, 1991. Paperback Reprint Edition (1991); First printing thus, indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First published in 1969. Very Near Fine in Wraps: the pages have tanned just slightly, due to aging; else flawless. The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the covers. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome very nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a single minor, unobtrusive flaw. Shows no indications of having been read or even opened.Bright and Clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.75 x 5 x 0.5 inches). 250 pages. New Afterward by the author. Language: English. Weight: 6.8 ounces. Reprint Edition (1991); First printing thus, indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First published in 1969. Trade Paperback. In 1965 journalist Anne Dawson returns to South Africa. Cushioned from political reality by the security of Johannesburg's white middle-class social round, she is at first untouched by the sense of mounting tension amongst old friends assisting what remains of the black resistance. This is the period of the Ninety Day law and such activity can be dangerous. When, at the urging of a radical defence lawyer, Matthew Marais, Anne travels to the Eastern Cape to report on political trials in isolated villages, she questions:"to witness and not to protest - was this not to participate?". Compelled by love for Matthew and by a growing sense of commitment, she discovers the meaning of repression and of betrayal in political and human terms.