Brink andre p andre philippus (13 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung. A magical novel from a world class writer about a remarkable historical figure. In his early years, growing up on a Dutch farm in the deep interior of the southern African Cape, Cupido Cockroach became the greatest drinker, liar, fornicator and fighter of his region. Coming under the spell of the soap-boiler Anna, and under the influence of the great Dr Johannes Theodorus van der Kemp of the London Missionary Society, Cupido is made the first Khoi or 'Hottentot' missionary ordained at the Cape of Good Hope. Received into the fold of the Church, Cupido passionately turns against all his early beliefs. After being drawn into the fierce struggle between the missionaries and the Dutch colonists, he rises to some prominence and is appointed as missionary in a remote and arid region in the North-western Cape. But this also marks the beginning of his decline, as the Society abandons him to his fate. One by one, the members of his congregation disappear into the desert, so that in the end, abandoned even by his wife and children, he is left to preach to the stones and thorn trees and tortoises, returning to the dream-world of his people. In a heady mixture of comedy and tragedy, the real and the magical, and immersed in the ancient, earthy, African world of magic and dreams, Praying Mantis explores through the historical figure of Cupido Cockroach the origins of racial tension in the shadowlands between myth and history.…

Hardcover. Zustand: good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDGeneralvery good hard cover with dust jacket, stamping on front free end page, otherwise clean pags, slight tears to dust jacket corners, rips in rear bottom of dust jacket, slight stains to outside of book covers and edges of dust jacket, prompt shipping with tracking.…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description; 353 pages ; 25 cm. Subjects; Grandmothers South Africa Fiction. Young women South Africa Fiction. South African fiction (English) 20th century. South Africa Fiction. Brink, André P. (André Philippus) 1935-2015. Secker & Warburg 1996. Families South Africa History Fiction. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, somewhat sun-toned and edge-bumped dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description; 375 pages ; 24 cm. Subjects; South African fiction (English) 20th century. Authors, South African. South Africa Fiction. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 438 pages, [16] pages of plates : portraits. Subjects; 20th century ; Biography. Authors, South African. Political oppression & persecution. Demonstrations & protest movements. 1 Kg. …

1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 375 pages ; 24 cm. Subjects: South African fiction (English) 20th century. Authors, South African. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 256 pages ; 23cm. Subjects: Afrikaans literature ; Translations into English. South Africa ; Literary collections. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen. Psychologicky roman v historickych kulisach jihovychodni Afriky na pocatku 20. stoleti vypravi zivotni pribeh nemecke vystehovalkyne, ktera daleko od domova marne hledala novou prilezitost k dustojnemu prostemu zivotu. Osirela Hanna se jako dite setkavala v sirotcinci i u pestounu jen s tvrdosti a ustrky, takze kdyz dospela, hledala cestu, jak najit pro sebe kousek svobody a stesti. Podlehla lakave nadeji, kdyz se dozvedela, ze nemecti koloniste v Africe hledaji do nove zeme hospodyne a manzelky a spolu se stovkami dalsich zen se rozhodla odejit. Na ceste do noveho domova ji ale znasilni a krute zmrzaci opily dustojnik a Hanna konci v podivnem ustavu, soustredujicim odmitnute pristehovalkyne. Tady se seznami s mladou divkou Katjou, kterou se rozhodne za vsech okolnosti chranit pred podobnym osudem. Je odhodlana i zabit.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren. Roman rozviji na pozadi vedecke expedice do nitra Afriky v polovine 18. stoleti pribeh dobrodruzneho putovani mlade zeny z Kapskeho mesta a uprchleho otroka.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren.

Hardcover. Octavo, 834 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is black with white print. Dust jacket in mylar. Price unclipped: "$25.00". Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and blue paper to boards. Signed in ink by the author on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Z. 1408804. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Softcover. Zustand: Fair. Anmerkungen / beschriftet / Stempel; Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Verformung / umgeknickte Seiten; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung.

Zustand: gut. 1976. Kennis van de avond In deutscher Sprache. pages.