Search Results: The Essential Gesture/Writing, Politics and Plac… by Nadine Gordimer

London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition.. vii + 356pp; D/w worn and slightly creased; Introduced and Edited by STEPHEN CLINGMAN; Previous owner's signature to f.e.p.; Size: 8vo.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Hardcover, 1st US Edition. Book is in fine condition, except for light soiling top foredge. Dustwrapper is in fine condition. Nice, clean copy. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

London: Jonathan Cape. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. First English Edition. Hardcover. 0224025341 . "The sheer stimulation of Gordimer's arguments, the brilliance of her observation, the vulnerably and toughness of her position emerge clearly in these pages. To follow where her thoughts and experiences lead, as to read her fiction, is an inspiration." Ships same or next business day. Spine is loose, minimal edge wear, small bumps on spine ends, very light tanning on head edge near spine. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has minor edge wear, small creases on spine ends, light yellow stain on spine tail. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 356 pages .

London England: Jonathan Cape. Hardback. First Edition. Foxing to edge and inside D/J. flaps. Over four decades of writing fiction the author has conveyed imaginateively the realities of transition in South Africa. Many may not realise that she has also produced a remarkable array of non-fiction which reveals much about the transitions of the artist herself. Stephen Clingman, in close collaboration with Nadine Gordimer, has compiled an exhaustive catalogue of some 160 titles, from which he has made this outstanding selection. As he explians in his introduction, the essays illustrate the relationship between outer and inner change for the writer of conscience in South Africa. From the relative optimisim of the 1950s, to Sharpeville and the banning in the 1960s of the ANC and Pan-Africanist Congress, to the challenges of the Black Consciousness movement in the 1970s and the 'interregnum' of the 1980s, Nadine Gordimer rigorously analyses prolitical events - while examining the political… Read More

Johannesburg and Cape Town: Taurus and David Philip, 1988. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. First edition, first printing. Hardback. viii + 294 pp. Previous owner's inscription on front free end paper. Near Fine condition in near Fine, unclipped dust jacket.