Writing in a State of Siege: Essays on Politics and Literature by Andre Philippus Brink ISBN 13: 9780671477516

Summit Books, 1984. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Summit Books, December 1983. Hardcover. Good.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Summit Books, 1984. Jacket scuffed with light edgewear. Boards have light wear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A: Summit Books, 1983. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First American Edition . Hardcover and Dust Jacket in VG Condition. Mylar jacket cover. 256 pages. From South Africa's internationally acclaimed writer, a leading voice of dissent, he often had his novels of black hope and white repression suppressed. His nonfiction writings are collected in this volume for the first time-on writers and writing in the world today, Mahatma Gandhi today, culture and apartheid, slaves and masters, intellectuals, against silence, and much more. Very powerful writing. Navy cloth backed gilt titled, with navy paper over boards, very clean, no markings, a touch of rubbing to bottom edge. Publisher's mark on bottom edge of textblock. Interior is Fine. Jacket not price-clipped, slightly wrinkled around spine head, third inch closed tear on upper edge. 1983, Summit Books.

1 . hardback. Fine. Essays on Politics and Religion. 1st ed. NY (Summit Books) (1983). Fine in chipped dust wrapper.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Summit Books, 1983. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fair. (1st) DJ has tiny tear, nicks and very tiny chips along all bottom edges, thin 1/8" tear near top front tip, two very tiny tears at spine top edge, tiny nick at top back edge. Fair DJ/Fine+ book.

Summit Books, New York, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. 480 g; 256 pages, with illustrated dust jacket. The top edge of the text block is dusty, the bottom edge displays a rubber stamp of a walking man. The top edge of the dust jacket, is rubbed, with a couple of short tear is, and there is an extra bar-coded sticker on the rear panel of the dust jacket. This book is a major statement by a major writer on the necessity of speaking out without restraint. This remarkable volume includes such essays as "the Freedom to Publish," "the Language of Culture," "Censorship and Literature," and the Title Essay, "the Writer in a State of Siege." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; South Africa; ISBN: 067147751X. ISBN/EAN: 9780671477516. Inventory No: 0218405. .… Read More

New York, NY: Summit Books/Simon & Schuster, 1983. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. New/Very Good. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Blue, bi-color boards w/gilt spine lettering/Fine. DJ/VG w/light edge wear & closed tears to lower front edge. Civil responsibilities & literature. 256 pgs. Anthology of 16 essays from South African novelist, playwright and professor of English André Philippus Brink (1935 - 2015) who wrote in both Afrikaans and English. Brink was a key figure in the Afrikaans literary movement known as Die Sestigers ("The Sixty-ers"), a Afrikaans Language Movement. The essays, written between 1967 - 1982, reflect his intellectual engagement with the new range of issues of life in a democratic South Africa, and new, challenging demands on writers concerned with integrity in shaking loose from an instituionalized "white supremacist" world.

NY: Summit, 1983. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 256 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with light crease to front fly leaf, otherwise very good. Record # 105968

Summit Books, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. First American edition. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Publication of 256 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and minor chipped pieces. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

New York:: Summit Books,, 1983.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dustjacket.. First US printing. First book of nonfiction by this internationally acclaimed South African writer. Topics range from apartheid to Mahatma Gandhi, censorship, the position of the Afrikaans writer and more.

New York: Summit Books, 1983. Uncorrected proof. Paperback. 1" in number row. Signed by author on title page! NEAR-FINE TRADE SOFTCOVER WITH PUBLICATION LABEL ON FRONT COVER AND SIGN OF BOOKPLATE REMOVAL ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Uncommon signature.

New York: Summit Books, 1983. Insights into the moral dilemmas of living not only in South Africa but anywhere in the modern world. Blue boards, navy cloth covered spine. 256pp. Lower corners lightly rubbed otherwise a tight, clean copy. Unclipped DJ has a thumbnail sized paper loss to rear top edge. . First US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Summit Books, 1983-12-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Remainder mark else very good in very good little edgenicked dust jacket. First edition.

New York : Summit Books, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 256 p. ; 22 cm. Notes; Collection, of articles, lectures, and speeches. Bibliography: p. 11-12. Subjects; Brink, Andre (Andr Philippus) 1935- — Political and social views. Politics and literature — South Africa. South Africa — Politics and government — 1961-1978. South Africa — Politics and government — 1978-1989.

New York. 1983. Summit Books. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 067147751x. 256 pages. hardcover. Jacket design Lawrence Ratzkin. Signed by the Author. keywords: Literature South Africa Afrikaans. FROM THE PUBLISHER - ‘There lies a peculiar satisfaction in countering the tactics of secrecy with exposure: the dark fears nothing quite so much as light. This in itself is a justification for writing, and for continuing to write.' - AndrE Brink. AndrE Brink, South Africa's internationally acclaimed writer, author of such highly praised novels as Looking on Darkness Rumours of Rain, A Dry White Season and A Chain of Voices, has known what it means to have one's very existence threatened. As one of the leading voices in the chorus of dissent in South Africa, he has often had his novels of black hope and white repression suppressed in his native land. Still Brink survives, stays in South Africa, and is a living rebuke to the apartheid policies of that nation. AndrE Brink has… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Summit Books, 1983-12-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!