A Guest Of Honour
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Set in a newly independent African nation, A Guest of Honour is a sweeping political novel that chronicles the return of James Bray, a former British colonial officer who was expelled for his anti-colonialist sympathies and is now invited back as an honoured guest to witness the country's independence. Gordimer masterfully illustrates the tangled loyalties, political idealism, and moral compromises that define post-colonial Africa, as Bray is drawn into the fierce ideological conflicts tearing the new nation apart. With unflinching honesty, the novel presents the collision between personal integrity and political reality, arguing that no one — not even a man of conscience — can remain a neutral observer in a society undergoing radical transformation. Awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1971, this landmark work stands as one of Gordimer's most ambitious and politically charged achievements, written by an author who would go on to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991.
Author: Nadine Gordimer
Format: Paperback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Set in a newly independent African nation, A Guest of Honour is a sweeping political novel that chronicles the return of James Bray, a former British colonial officer who was expelled for his anti-colonialist sympathies and is now invited back as an honoured guest to witness the country's independence. Gordimer masterfully illustrates the tangled loyalties, political idealism, and moral compromises that define post-colonial Africa, as Bray is drawn into the fierce ideological conflicts tearing the new nation apart. With unflinching honesty, the novel presents the collision between personal integrity and political reality, arguing that no one — not even a man of conscience — can remain a neutral observer in a society undergoing radical transformation. Awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1971, this landmark work stands as one of Gordimer's most ambitious and politically charged achievements, written by an author who would go on to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991.