First published in 1925, Pauline Smith's beautiful collection of stories set in the South Africa of her childhood is a lyrical and moving look at growing up in a remote landscape. Smith captures life in the heart of the Little Karoo, a mostly uninhabited terrain, where rain may not fall for years at a time. Poor, white early-Afrikaner settlers beset by hard times and an unforgiving landscape, the characters in her stories overcome tragedy time and time again, refusing to be broken.
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Milton Hindus, a founding member of the Brandeis University faculty, served as the Edytha Macy Gross Professor of Humanities until his retirement. He is the author of Irving Babbitt, Literature and the Democratic Culture and has contributed to leading periodicals throughout the world.
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Book Description Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Peter Lamb (illustrator). First. HB DJ 1st thus + new edition. See my pic. Illustrated printed DJ not clipped. Red cloth boards, gilt publisher initials front, gilt titles spine. 20.8 x 13.8cm. 139 pages. 1 illustration - frontis portrait of author from a crayon drawin by P Lamb. 10 stories of S. Africa which first appeared in 1925 when originally published. Starts: The Pain. Includes: Ludovitje. Ends: The Father. This new edition includes a Foreword by Guy Butler. Intro by Arnold Bennett. Preface by William Plomer. Condition: DJ loss of colour front, spine + top edge and spine seam of back. DJ Fair ++ condition. Boards slight spine & corner rub. colour VG. Clean, very little wear, tight binding, VG colour. Seller Inventory # 001421