States of Emergency
by Brink, Andre
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0571151183
- ISBN 13
- 9780571151189
- Seller
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ELY, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber. Very Good +/Very Good +. 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0571151183 DW complete except price clipped. Black cloth with bright white titling on spine. No ownership inscription. 248 pages clean and tight. The narrator of States of Emergency is a South African writer trying, as he puts it, 'to write a story while his country around him is going up in flames.' The story he is wrestling with concerns another 'emergency', a passionate affair between a college professor, Philip Malan, and his postgraduate student, Melissa. Juxtaposed with this narrative is the story of Jane Ferguson's diary, and her involvement with the ANC 'terrorist', Chris de Villiers. But as the writer tries to get to grips with his fiction, real events from-the violent"world of South African politics keep intruding. States of Emergency is directly inspired by the present crisis in South Africa. It is a moving and compelling attempt by one of the country's foremost voices to find artistic expression for the pain and misery of a country at war with itself. Illustration by Andrzej Klimowski. . .
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- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 136504
- Title
- States of Emergency
- Author
- Brink, Andre
- Illustrator
- Andrzej Klimowski
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +/Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0571151183
- ISBN 13
- 9780571151189
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1988
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CHARLES BOSSOM
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About CHARLES BOSSOM
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