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Writing in a State of Siege: Essays on Politics and Literature
by Brink, Andre
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 067147751X
- ISBN 13
- 9780671477516
- Seller
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A: Summit Books, 1983. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First American Edition . Hardcover and Dust Jacket in VG Condition. Mylar jacket cover. 256 pages. From South Africa's internationally acclaimed writer, a leading voice of dissent, he often had his novels of black hope and white repression suppressed. His nonfiction writings are collected in this volume for the first time-on writers and writing in the world today, Mahatma Gandhi today, culture and apartheid, slaves and masters, intellectuals, against silence, and much more. Very powerful writing. Navy cloth backed gilt titled, with navy paper over boards, very clean, no markings, a touch of rubbing to bottom edge. Publisher's mark on bottom edge of textblock. Interior is Fine. Jacket not price-clipped, slightly wrinkled around spine head, third inch closed tear on upper edge. 1983, Summit Books.
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- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015097
- Title
- Writing in a State of Siege: Essays on Politics and Literature
- Author
- Brink, Andre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition
- ISBN 10
- 067147751X
- ISBN 13
- 9780671477516
- Publisher
- Summit Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- CENSORSHIP; APARTHEID; WRITING; AFRICA; AFRIKANERS; SOUTH RACIAL STRIFE;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Essays;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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