About this title: An old woman is dying of cancer in Cape Town. A classics professor, Mrs Curren has always been opposed to the brutality of apartheid, but has lived insulated from its true horrors. Now she is suddenly forced to come to terms with the iron-hearted rage that the system has wrought. In an extended letter addressed to her daughter, who has long since ...
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Edition: First edition. American ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780394588599ISBN:0394588592
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Star remainder mark stamped on bottom. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 198 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Edition Unstated
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780679732921ISBN:0679732926
Description: Good. As issued No Jacket. Spine lean, corner bumps, bad scuff to the spine over the author's name, underlining to the text, some pages were 'dog-eared, ' some bookstore stamps on the ffep, and other moderate to heavy shopwear. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780140139594ISBN:0140139591
Description: Good. This book is in GOOD overall condition. It shows signs of having been read and has general light wear to the cover, spine and pages. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Date Published: 1998-09-01
ISBN-13:9780140275650ISBN:0140275657
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780140275650ISBN:0140275657
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1990-09-12
ISBN-13:9780394588599ISBN:0394588592
Description: Like New. Clean, Unmarked Copy, Tight Square Binding, New Except Tiny Bend on Inside Flap of Dust Cover, Priority Shipping recommended for prompt delivery by USPS when offered, Delivery Confirmation on all domestic items where available. read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780394587851ISBN:0394587855
Description: Fine with no dust jacket. 0394587855. UNREVISED PROOFS of the first edition (American) Stated. Yellow wraps-softc over. Fine. The author won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2003. Free of former owner writing or bookplates.; 8vo; 196 pages. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780140139594ISBN:0140139591
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Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House, New York
Date Published: (1990)
ISBN-13:9780394588599ISBN:0394588592
Description: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0394588592. Quarter black cloth with green paper covered boards; silver lettering to the spine and blindstamped decoration to the front. Fine in a near fine jacket (very slight edgewear). Novel about a South African woman dying of cancer who writes an extended letter to her daughter describing the strange events of her dying days.; 8vo; 198 pages. read more
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