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Lady one: (99 liefdesgedigte) Signed by the author Breyten Breytenbach

Lady one: (99 liefdesgedigte) Signed by the author Breyten Breytenbach

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Lady one: (99 liefdesgedigte) Signed by the author Breyten Breytenbach

by Breytenbach, Breyten

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ISBN 10
0798140127
ISBN 13
9780798140126
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Human en Rousseau (Edms) Bpk. , 2000. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Signed. Signed by the author Breyten Breytenbach. Publication of 192. The wraps are in near fine condition. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The text is legible. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Synopsis

Please deliver me, Lady, of prattle and cant As I bury one hundred years of war and want Evoking an extraordinary range of settings and images--from "Africa where blood blackens / and tiny desert creatures have to lick / the dew from their flanks to survive" to the havens of exile, and the "snow once again over Paris / this morning sheeting light / under grey blankets"--this searching verse explores love and loss, light and darkness, war and want, and wounds that do not heal. The texture of nostalgic, sometimes bitter memories of childhood in Breytenbach's African homeland is as palpable here as the vigorous exultation of love found amid the ruins of an earlier life. And pervading all the experience rendered is a sense of wonder and awe that "the light lies silvery smooth / in the furrows dug by the farmer / to lead astray the drought / and bring succour to the runner beans, / the maize, tomatoes, melons, peppers, / onions, garlic, potatoes / and love."

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Title
Lady one: (99 liefdesgedigte) Signed by the author Breyten Breytenbach
Author
Breytenbach, Breyten
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Softcover
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Used - Very Good
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First Edition
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0798140127
ISBN 13
9780798140126
Publisher
Human en Rousseau (Edms) Bpk.
Date Published
2000
Size
0x0x0
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X weight
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