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Serote, Mongane Wally : Gods of Our Time

ISBN 0869755218

Ravan Press, Johannesburg, 1999. ISBN : 0869755218. First Edition. Octavo. Soft-cover. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine in no dust-jacket as issued. INSCRIBED on the title-page by the author. Slight spinal lean. Wrappers slightly rubbed. “This novel is the author's first since his acclaimed To Every Birth Its Blood. It sets out to document the latter years of the liberation struggle in South Africa, and successfully conveys the bewilderment and uncertainty that were the experience of those involved in the historic events of the time.The overall impression is of a multitude of characters who enter the pages in an apparently random manner and then, inexplicably, disappear again. This intriguing device gives a sense of the mood of those days, when people really did come and go, frequently disappearing without trace or explanation. Gods of our Time is a challenging and enriching experience, one that fills an important gap in South Africa's history, and, in many ways, exemplifies the shifts in novel-writing itself in this country.”

SEROTE, Mongane Wally : Gods of Our Time

Ravan Press, Johannesburg, 1999

A fine the original thin card pictorial wrappers as issued., Warmly Inscribed to Fieka Ainslie (wife of S A artist Bill Ainslie), and signed (inside front wrapper) by the cover artist Sfiso ka Mkame

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