Turbott Wolfe - Brossura

Plomer, William

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0812971205 ISBN 13: 9780812971200

Casa editrice: Modern Library, 2003

Riassunto

A stunning and controversial novel of racism in South Africa, first published in 1925, focuses on Wolfe, a trader who opens a general store in rural South Africa and befriends many of the Africans who shop there, and embraces miscengenation as the key to South Africa's future. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“For the first time in our literature, with Turbott Wolfe, a writer takes on the whole of South African life. Suddenly, the barriers are down and imagination at last keeps open house in a divided land.”
—Laurens van der Post

L'autore:

William Plomer was born in South Africa to British parents in 1903. Educated in England, he briefly worked in a trading post in Zululand before settling in Japan. Plomer wrote Turbott Wolfe when he was twenty-one and went on to publish novels―including Sado and Ali the Lion―short stories, poetry, and his autobiography Double Lives. Plomer died in 1973.

Nadine Gordimer, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991, is the author of numerous novels, including The Conservationist, Burger’s Daughter, July’s People, and The Pickup, as well as nine volumes of stories. Her most recent book is the short-story collection Loot. She lives in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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• Editore: Modern Library
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0812971205
• ISBN 13: 9780812971200
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 139