- Paperback: 216 pages
- Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks; New edition edition (July 18 1985)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0192818902
- ISBN-13: 978-0192818904
- Product Dimensions: 19.5 x 12.9 x 1.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 177 g
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“For the first time in our literature, with Turbott Wolfe, a writer takes on the whole of South African life. Suddenly, the barriers are down and imagination at last keeps open house in a divided land.”
—Laurens van der Post --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
—Laurens van der Post --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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A record of a struggle against the forces of prejudice and fear, Turbott Wolfe is a landmark in both English and South African literature which remains timely today. Published in 1925, the wide critical attention it attracted in England was matched by the political controversy it caused in South Africa.
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i can't believe this isn't famous, Sep 26 2006
By Stephen A. Flamm "esteban the omniscient" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Turbott Wolfe: A Novel (Paperback)
an absolutely brilliant novel, concise and intense and thought-provoking while allowing for occasion bits of wry humor and, towards the murky conclusion, outright hysterics. plomer tells the story of w.p. telling the story of a dying turbott wolfe telling the story of a young turbott wolfe as he interacts with native south africans. the superficial theme of race relations my have gotten this book reprinted and heralded by nadine gordimer, but its real worth is in the character of wolfe, a bizarre combination of gatsby and prufrock (and a possible genius), ultimately failing in a great attempt of re-creation. pay special attention to plomer's cat-thought descriptions; they're fleeting but brilliant.
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