African Laughter: Four Visits to Zimbabwe
by Doris Lessing
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060169370
- ISBN 13
- 9780060169374
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: HarperCollins, 1992. NF/VG. Limited, Signed First Edition. Copy Number 88 of 125. Stated First Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. Signed on the limitation page. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The slipcase is Very Good with light soiling and chip to bottom. 442 pages. 6½ x 9½.
A rich and penetrating portrait of Lessing's homeland, African Laughter recounts the visits she made to Zimbabwe in 1982, 1988, 1989, and 1992, after being exiled from the old Southern Rhodesia for 25 years for her opposition to the minority white government. Lessing uses memory and reminiscence with recent experience to depict a country in the process of change.
Synopsis
A highly personal story of the eminent British writer returning to her African roots that is "brilliant...[and] captures the contradictions of a young country."--New York Times Book Review
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Details
- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4543
- Title
- African Laughter: Four Visits to Zimbabwe
- Author
- Doris Lessing
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover / Slipcase
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Signed Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060169370
- ISBN 13
- 9780060169374
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Pages
- 442
- Size
- 6.5 x 9.5
- Keywords
- zimbabwe, rhodesia, africa
- Bookseller catalogs
- Limited Editions; Collector's Editions; Signed Books;
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