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About Blady: a Pattern Out of Time, a Memoir
by Van Der Post, Laurens
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Unknown/Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0156026058
- ISBN 13
- 9780156026055
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993.. Unknown/Unknown. Octavo, softcover, pictorial wraps. Vivid recollections of bush and desert in the Kalahari...abundant drama and range in his experiences. 255 pp. Musing on mortality, suffering, and modern life from octogenarian van der Post, in which his often naive ponderings are relieved by vivid references to his beloved Kalahari and its Bushmen.
Synopsis
Sir Laurens, whose life has encompassed African expeditions and years as a Japanese POW, recalls events-some joyful, some tragic-and in so doing provides the framework for an exploration into the human spirit.
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24597
- Title
- About Blady: a Pattern Out of Time, a Memoir
- Author
- Van Der Post, Laurens
- Book Condition
- Used - Unknown
- Jacket Condition
- Unknown
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0156026058
- ISBN 13
- 9780156026055
- Publisher
- San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993.
- Place of Publication
- San Diego, CA
- This edition first published
- 1993
- Keywords
- 1
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