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White Thorn
de Bryce Courtenay
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 067002922X
- ISBN 13
- 9780670029228
- Librería
-
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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Penguin, Scoresby, VIC, Australia, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. 682 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin, Scoresby, VIC, Australia, 2005. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Dust jacket has superficial rubbing. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: The time is 1939. White South Africa is a deeply divided nation with many of the Afrikaner people frantically opposed to the English. The world is also on the brink of war and South Africa elects to fight for the Allied cause against Germany. Six year-old Tom Fitzsaxby finds himself in The Boys Farm, an orphanage in a remote town in the high mountains, where the Afrikaners side fiercely with Hitler's Germany. Tom's English name proves sufficient for him to be ostracized, marking him as an outsider. And so begin some of life's tougher lessons for the small lonely boy. Like the whitethorn, one of Africa's most enduring plants, Tom learns how to survive in the harsh climate of racial hatred. Then a terrible event sends him on a journey to ensure that justice is done. On the way, his most unexpected discovery is love. *** Quantity Available: 3. Category: Fiction; Historical; ISBN: 067002922X. ISBN/EAN: 9780670029228. Inventory No: 12110073.. 9780670029228
Sinopsis
From Bryce Courtenay comes a new novel about Africa. The time is 1939. White South Africa is a deeply divided nation with many of the Afrikaner people frantically opposed to the English.The world is also on the brink of war and South Africa elects to fight for the Allied cause against Germany. Six year-old Tom Fitzsaxby finds himself in The Boys Farm, an orphanage in a remote town in the high mountains, where the Afrikaners side fiercely with Hitler's Germany.Tom's English name proves sufficient for him to be ostracised, marking him as an outsider. And so begin some of life's tougher lessons for the small lonely boy. Like the whitethorn, one of Africa's most enduring plants, Tom learns how to survive in the harsh climate of racial hatred. Then a terrible event sends him on a journey to ensure that justice is done. On the way, his most unexpected discovery is love.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Manyhills Books
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 12110073
- Título
- White Thorn
- Autor
- Bryce Courtenay
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 3
- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 067002922X
- ISBN 13
- 9780670029228
- Editorial
- Penguin
- Lugar de publicación
- Scoresby, VIC, Australia
- Fecha de publicación
- 2005
- Palabras clave
- BZDB5 Fiction; White Thorn
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Historical; Fiction;
Términos de venta
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
