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Bosman (Herman Charles)

COLD STONE JUG (1949)

Published: Afrikaanse Pers-Boekhandel, Johannesburg, 1949

Edition: First Edition

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Publisher's grey cloth binding with black title on front panel and spine. Illustrated dust jacket.

278pp.

Binding sound. Contents clean. Scarce original dust jacket in very good condition.

'Critics who have read this book in pageproof declare unconditionally that it is a masterpiece.

In COLD STONE JUG the author unfolds a strangely-moving tale of life as it is lived inside the grey iron-stone walls of a South African prison.

COLD STONE JUG is not a sociological work. The author has no "message" in the orthodox sense of expounding a personal theory or a philosophy. He allows life to speak for itself. And the result is a great and profound and startling book: brutal realism blending with inspired fancy in a story about South Africans you don't know. 600 men leading their twilight lives in the COLD STONE JUG.' - editor's note

  • Jacket Condition: Very Good
  • Binding Condition: Near Fine
  • Sold By: Rare Paper
  • Contact Person: Armandt Marais
  • Country: South Africa
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