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Nadine Gordimer - A World of Strangers

Title: A World of Strangers
Description: London, Victor Gollancz, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this controversial novel, which was banned for twelve years in Gordimer's native South Africa. Nadine Gordimer (born 20 November 1923) is a South African writer, political activist and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature. She was recognised as a woman "who through her magnificent epic writing has – in the words of Alfred Nobel – been of very great benefit to humanity". In a burgundy cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart. Dustwrapper is sound, with some marks and some slight edgewear. Internally, firmly bound. Tipped-in catalogue cutting about the book to the front free-endpaper, and bookseller's label to front pastedown. Pages are bright, with just the occasional spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.

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Price: GBP 79.99 = appr. US$ 114.22 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: MOD11-G-12

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