Another Country by Karel Schoeman
Author and Title:
Schoeman (Karel) ANOTHER COUNTRY (Translated by David Schalkwyk)
Schoeman (Karel) ANOTHER COUNTRY (Translated by David Schalkwyk)
Collation:
First English Language Edition: 311 pages. Bound in the original publisher's full cloth hardcover boards with a firm, linear spine block showing zero storage lean or handling distortion. Complete with the original graphic fly-leaf dust jacket. A very good plus (VG+) copy. The text block is robustly bound, tight, perfectly square, and clean, with the entire volume safely house-protected inside a clear cellophane archival sleeve.
First English Language Edition: 311 pages. Bound in the original publisher's full cloth hardcover boards with a firm, linear spine block showing zero storage lean or handling distortion. Complete with the original graphic fly-leaf dust jacket. A very good plus (VG+) copy. The text block is robustly bound, tight, perfectly square, and clean, with the entire volume safely house-protected inside a clear cellophane archival sleeve.
Notes:
A majestic, quietly powerful literary masterpiece, ranked as the 1734th greatest fiction book of all time. Set in the 1870s in Bloemfontein—then the capital of the Boer republic of the Orange Free State—the narrative follows Versluis, a solitary, wealthy Dutch citizen who journeys to the African veld in search of a dry climate to alleviate his terminal tuberculosis. Infused with the profound spirit of the Karoo, Karel Schoeman (1939–2017) utilizes a stately, deliberate narrative pace to explore foundational questions of class, early colonialism, language, and human mortality. The text captures the alienation of European settlers torn between two distinct worlds, observing Africa from behind lace curtains, while charting the internal spiritual journey of a dying man learning to embrace the vast, infinite emptiness of the landscape without fear. For expanded analysis of the author's extensive contributions to South African historical fiction and his State President's Award, visit the Karel Schoeman Wikipedia Page.
A majestic, quietly powerful literary masterpiece, ranked as the 1734th greatest fiction book of all time. Set in the 1870s in Bloemfontein—then the capital of the Boer republic of the Orange Free State—the narrative follows Versluis, a solitary, wealthy Dutch citizen who journeys to the African veld in search of a dry climate to alleviate his terminal tuberculosis. Infused with the profound spirit of the Karoo, Karel Schoeman (1939–2017) utilizes a stately, deliberate narrative pace to explore foundational questions of class, early colonialism, language, and human mortality. The text captures the alienation of European settlers torn between two distinct worlds, observing Africa from behind lace curtains, while charting the internal spiritual journey of a dying man learning to embrace the vast, infinite emptiness of the landscape without fear. For expanded analysis of the author's extensive contributions to South African historical fiction and his State President's Award, visit the Karel Schoeman Wikipedia Page.
Bibliography: Schoeman, Karel. Another Country. Translated by David Schalkwyk. London: Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd, 1991. Pages 1–40 (the journey to the interior), 120–185 (the cosmopolitan society of Bloemfontein), and 270–311.
Size:
Octavo (8vo) (240 x 160 mm)
Octavo (8vo) (240 x 160 mm)
Imprint:
London, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1991
London, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1991
Condition Report:
Used – Very Good Plus (VG+). The book has been beautifully looked after and maintained. The hardcover cloth casing is sharp, straight, and unblemished. The interior pages are crisp, clean, white, and fully intact, entirely free from owner inscriptions, store stamps, highlighting, or dog-ears. The original dust jacket is complete and vibrant, showing only very limited, minor signs of standard edge wear from routine shelf placement, cleanly shielded behind a protective archival cellophane cover.
Used – Very Good Plus (VG+). The book has been beautifully looked after and maintained. The hardcover cloth casing is sharp, straight, and unblemished. The interior pages are crisp, clean, white, and fully intact, entirely free from owner inscriptions, store stamps, highlighting, or dog-ears. The original dust jacket is complete and vibrant, showing only very limited, minor signs of standard edge wear from routine shelf placement, cleanly shielded behind a protective archival cellophane cover.
