A Revolutionary Woman Unknown - 1984

Virago Press, 1984. Trade Paperback. Very Good. AMZ

London: Virago Press. This is a Fine Copy of this book in Publisher's navy coloured cloth with gilt title lettering to spine,in a Fine Dust-Jacket,with no chips or tears to the wrapper.Not price clipped and the book has no previous ownership inscriptions present.Lovely clean copy internally,8vo 147pp First Edition 1st Impression . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1984.

London England: Virago Press Ltd, 1984. Hardback. A Revolutionary Woman. Slight foxing to edge. The year is 1920, Christina, an English-woman teaches at a Coloured School in the Karoo, a semi-desert region in South Africa whose harsh ladnscape reflects the intransigent racial attitudes of its Boer community.A follower of Gandhi during his early years in South Africa, she has withdrawn there after the death of her Indian lover and Gandhi's return to India. Haunted by her political past and by her dead lovers betrayal in taking, according to Indian custom, a child-bride, she becomes involved in an intense and complex relationship with a Coloured boy, half African, half Italian, who passionately identifies with his European heritage. It is his seductuon of a retarded Boer girl, and the consequences for the whole community as the Boer men take their revenge, which moves this outstanding and poetic novel to its horrifying climax. 147 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology,… Leer más

Virago, London, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. 147 pp. including glossary + 2 pp advertisments. colour illustrated dustwrapper.. In a remarkable feat of imagination and understanding, the author has written a novel which, though set in the past, touches on the most urgent of our contemporary concerns -- the nature of racial tension, the power of sexual entanglements, violence and pacifism and finally, the limits of freedom. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; South Africa; ISBN: 0860686205. ISBN/EAN: 9780860686200. Inventory No: 0202067. . 9780860686200

Virago, London, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 147 pp. including glossary + 2 pp advertisments. colour illustrated dustwrapper.. In a remarkable feat of imagination and understanding, the author has written a novel which, though set in the past, touches on the most urgent of our contemporary concerns -- the nature of racial tension, the power of sexual entanglements, violence and pacifism and finally, the limits of freedom. Previous owner's name on first page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No damage to describe. Clean tidy copy, with matching dustwrapper.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; South Africa; ISBN: 0860686205. ISBN/EAN: 9780860686200. Inventory No: 0268416. . 9780860686200