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On the Contrary: A Novel: Being the Life of a Famous Rebel, Soldier, Traveller, Explorer, Reader, Builder, Scribe, Latinist, Lover and Liar by Brink, Andre - 1993

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On the Contrary: A Novel: Being the Life of a Famous Rebel, Soldier, Traveller, Explorer, Reader, Builder, Scribe, Latinist, Lover and Liar by Brink, Andre - 1993

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Little Brown, 1993. 1st US Edition. Hardback. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket.. Likable rogue and unlikely hero Estienne Barbier adventures through 18th century South Africa.
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  • ISBN 10 0316108847
  • ISBN 13 9780316108843
  • Publisher Little Brown
  • Date Published 1993
  • Keywords South Africa Colonialism

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Boston. 1993. Little Brown. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. Remainder Mark On Top Edge. 0316108847. 375 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Marc Cohen. keywords: Literature South Africa Afrikaans. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In Andre Brink's provocative new novel, Estienne Barbier - cunning liar, lecherous seducer of women, unlikely epic hero yet likeable rogue - guides us through an eye-opening adventure in eighteenth-century South Africa. Fleeing the wrath of scorned husbands in Europe, Barbier connives his way into an expedition to the Cape of Good Hope. As a scribe for the East India Company, he dutifully chronicles the wonders of Africa's exotic landscape, whose majesty inspires in him the desire to discover a fabled city of gold. But along the way Barbier begins to see clearly the corrupt dealings of his employer, a discovery that earns him powerful enemies. To his own surprise, he makes his escape to mount a colonial rebellion, spurring on ruffian farmers and hiding out on remote… Read More
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