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Nadine Gordimer began her writing life at a relatively young age. In 1991, that life received the ultimate recognition when she was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. In this...

In 1991, Nadine Gordimer was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Infused with the intensity of political conscience and commitment, her writings are invaluable illuminations of life in South Africa,...

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Author: Nadine GordimerBinding: HardbackPublished: The Viking Press, NY, 1963Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsOccasion For Loving presents a compelling narrative set in apartheid-era South Africa, where personal relationships...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the shadow of apartheid's iron grip on South Africa, Nadine Gordimer's Something Out There presents a masterful collection of short stories and a novella...

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Author: Nadine Gordimer Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 "A riveting history of South Africa and a penetrating portrait of a courageous woman."-- The New Yorker A must...

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This rich story collection will be a reminder to Nadine Gordimer's countless admirers, and a taster for the uninitiated, of her enduring imaginative power. A woman gauges the state of...

Author: Nadine GordimerBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1980, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsBurger's Daughter is a powerful novel that explores the complexities of identity and political...

Author: Nadine GordimerBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis collection of short fiction by Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer presents a powerful and...

Author: Nadine GordimerBinding: HardbackPublished: Viking, New York, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some marks on boards. Foxing on spine. Clean copy. This novel chronicles the introspective...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsNadine Gordimer's Selected Stories presents a compelling collection of short fiction that illuminates the complexities of...

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Secondhand Literary Fiction Bargain Book Box SP2890 Serious literary fiction with real international range — twenty-one novels that take the form seriously, from a Costa Prize winner to Nadine Gordimer...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. In apartheid-era South Africa, Rosa Burger lives under the long...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks: Condition: VG. Jacket: good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. In the shadow of apartheid South Africa, a young woman named Rosa Burger...

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...

Author: 0 Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 When Will skips school to slip off to a movie theater near Johannesburg, he is shocked to see his father. An ordinary...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. The Penguin Modern Stories series stands as one of the most celebrated...

As long as people have been writing, they have been writing about nature. But nature - as we know it - is changing. Economic migration, overpopulation and - most significantly...

A Pocket Classics hardcover anthology of stories of Africa from centuries past to the present, selected by the Booker Prize-winning Nigerian novelist Ben Okri. A Pocket Classics hardcover anthology of...

' Boudicca's Daughter is Elodie Harper's masterpiece.' Costanza Casati, author of Babylonia 'One of the best books I have ever read.' Bea Fitzgerald, author of Girl, Goddess, Queen 'Certainly my...

2025's most-anticipated new debut romantic fantasy is the epic, unmissable story of hope after heartbreak, secrets, betrayal, dancing - and the touch of a goddess of death. My protector is...

A WATERSTONES CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Warmth and acerbic wit ... deeply enjoyable' TELEGRAPH BEST CRIME BOOKS OF THE YEAR 'Cosy and classy in equal measure' JANICE HALLETT 'Oozes...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of nationalism and impressionism, Golden Summers: Heidelberg and Beyond chronicles one of the most celebrated...

***A TIMES / SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025*** 'All the no-holds-barred candour you'd expect . . . A hoot, and surprisingly touching' THE TIMES , BOOKS OF THE...

Wolf Hall meets Demon Copperhead in a sharply ambitious, brilliantly imagined and hugely entertaining story of intrigue, deceit, revenge and ambition **NAMED AS BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR...

'A book that truly encapsulates the warmth and joy of summer' Stylist 'Hotter than the rest of your TBR' Cosmo 'Pure, steamy fun, and the perfect summer read' Ali Hazelwood,...

The stunning standard edition of Starside , with illustrated endpapers, a special hardcover case design and jacket effects. Enter the enchanting and deadly world of Starside, where swords have magic...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew decades in Australian cultural history have been mythologised with such enduring intensity as the 1890s, and Vance Palmer's The Legend of the Nineties...

Chicky Diaz stands on his little patch of the earth, the clean quiet sidewalk in front of the Bohemia Apartments, thinking: there sure are a lot of great places to...

David Bell has been painting ships and the sea for more than forty years. From smacks to schooners, from whalers to warships his investigations have taken him on a remarkable...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA compelling survey of three decades of creative vision, Thoughtlines: The Art of Ruark Lewis, 1982–2014 chronicles the...

An intimate history of LGBTQ+ life over four decades, discovered in a stash of forgotten, handwritten notes. 'A fantastic journey through an overlooked archive bursting with humanity and real life...

A darkly epic novel about connection, disconnection and destruction - from the New York Times -bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of Let the Great World Spin **The instant...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodBeneath the vast Australian sky, where danger can strike without warning, ordinary men and women are called upon to perform acts of extraordinary courage...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodCourage does not always wear a uniform — sometimes it belongs to the neighbour next door, the schoolteacher down the road, or the fisherman braving...

'A timely and moving pilgrimage through Japan's spiritual traditions' RUTH OZEKI, Women's Prize-winning and Booker Prize-shortlisted author 'A fascinating dive through hidden layers of the Japanese worldview' KATHERINE MAY, author...