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Published by (Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball Publishers, 1999) 1868420930, 1999
ISBN 10: 1868420930ISBN 13: 9781868420933
Seller: Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Association Member: IOBA
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220 x 150 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 349. Fine condition. "The Anglo-Boer War was a tragic, fascinating and complex historical event. It saw the end of a century, a reign, a way of life and was in many respects the curtain-raiser to the twentieth century, providing a foretaste of what have become all too familiar horrors over the last hundred years: the mass involvement of civilian populations in war; concentration camps, and guerilla warfare. It is now a hundred years since the outbreak of the war and we commemorate with A Century of Anglo-Boer War Stories - an anthology of stories and poetry written by Afrikaners, Englishmen and also black South Africans, who explore the trauma of the time and place from their own varied perspectives. They probe fascinating aspects of human resilience as revealed in time of war and are diverse, entertaining and moving. But above all, the stories have been selected for the quality of the writing. Amongst others, there are texts by renowned authors: Herman Charles Bosman; Stuart Cloete; Thomas Hardy; Elsa Joubert; Rudyard Kipling; C Louis Leipoldt; Eugène Marais; Sol Plaatje; Karel Schoeman; AHM Scholtz; Olive Schreiner.".