9780684173085 - A Separate Development von Hope, Christopher (12 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. 1st U.S. ed. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: dj. 1st. Fine condition / Fine condition dust jacket.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good in Dustjacket. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. New York. 1981. Scribner's. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0684173085. 1st Novel by Prize Winning Poet. Banned In South Africa At Publication Time. 199 pages. hardcover. Cover: David Gatti. keywords: Africa South Africa Literature World Literature. DESCRIPTION - This first novel by a prize-winning poet was banned in South Africa soon after publication. It is a part comic, part tragic tale of misadventure and injustice: a scathing, lyrical, bitterly funny, truly haunting indictment of senseless prejudice in the tradition of Alan Paton and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Harry Moto, a young boy about to come of age, lives in increasing fear of being different in a world where equality means privilege- Harry has no ID card, and no ID card means identity, no protection under the law. It is the law, not the faint tan of his skin, that sets Harry apart. Caught in a compromising position with a rich white girl at a school dance, Harry feels it is necessary to flee in order to avoid charges under the Immorality Act. Displaced and misclassified, he tries to escape by disappearing into a squalid lifestyle forced upon the underprivileged. But Harry isn't a busboy safe anywhere. Working as in a road house, he runs into the girl he took to the dance. Living in constant dread of rape and robbery, she confuses her friend with her fear. Trapped by misunderstanding and lunatic justice, Harry lands in jail, where he is made to write his confession, for if he is to have any hope of freedom, he must collaborate with the system that has denied him the dignity and security of a normal development. Like Holden Caulfield, Harry Moto will join the pantheon of memorable characters who, in the face of confusion and restraint, not only survive but triumph. inventory #4742.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st US Edition/1st Printing. SIGNED by author on a plain bookplate decal on front end page (signature only). Ex-Lib copy with no markings but has glue residue on pastedowns and end pages. r/m onbottom. Sunning to DJ spine. $10.95 price on DJ flap. Author's first work of fiction. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. The author's first novel. First American edition, first printing. Fine in a very near fine (slightly sun faded spine, tiny closed tear at the top of the rear panel) dust jacket.

Hard Cover. First U.S. Edition, First printing. "1" in number row. Review copy with slip and publicity release. FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET WITH ORIGINAL $10.95 PRICE.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. Book shows rubbing to top and bottom edges. Dustwrapper shows rubbing to top and bottom edges. Hardcover.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Fine in near fine but spine faded dustjacket.

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: dj. First Edition. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. The first novel from this South African writer. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with none of the usual fading. A superior copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First American edition. Page edges faintly foxed and a gentle bump at the spine base, very near fine in a spine-sunned else just about fine dust jacket. Winner of the David Higham Prize for Fiction for best first novel, *A Separte Development* was banned in South Africa for its criticism of the Apartheid government. Christopher Hope received the Whitbread Prize in 1984 and was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 1992.

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