{"product_id":"at-close-of-day-reflections-karel-schoeman-2018","title":"At Close of Day by Karel Schoeman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt Close of Day (First Edition in Illustrated Dust Jacket)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKarel Schoeman's Final Reflections on Ageing, Memory and the End of Life, Concluding His Autobiographical Series\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e At Close of Day: Reflections\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Karel Schoeman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Danél Hanekom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Protea Book House, Pretoria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2018\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781485309260\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Edition, First Impression. Edited by Danél Hanekom.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's red cloth boards with pale lettering to the front, in an illustrated dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Medium-sized hardcover, roughly octavo, slim volume. No maps or plates.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good Plus (VG+)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e The red cloth boards carry pale lettering to the front. The spine and corners are clean, with no damage visible.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The title and copyright pages are clean, with some show-through of the print from the reverse.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present. The illustrated jacket shows a grey photograph of a landscape under cloud. The spine is intact, with slight rubbing or creasing at the top. A small clear patch, from tape or residue, sits at the top left of the front panel. The edges are a little worn. The back panel is plain brown and bears a retailer price sticker at the lower centre. The jacket is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt Close of Day: Reflections, published in Pretoria in 2018, is a collection of personal meditations on ageing, old age and the approach of death, interwoven with memories from the author's own life. It concludes Karel Schoeman's autobiographical series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book first appeared in Afrikaans and was translated into English by Elsa Silke. Reviewers have described it as a thoughtful, reflective work on ageing, disintegration and death, written with candour by one of South Africa's most singular literary figures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSchoeman died in 2017, so this late volume has the weight of a final word from an author whose acclaim never quite translated into wide popularity. It will appeal to collectors of his work and to readers of South African literary memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Karel Schoeman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKarel Schoeman (1939–2017) was born in Trompsburg and died in Bloemfontein. He worked as an archivist at the South African National Library in Cape Town until his retirement in 1998, and received the State President Award in 1999, one of only two writers to do so.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis output was prodigious, including some 19 collections of prose and around 46 non-fiction works. His novel Promised Land (1972) was the basis for a 2002 film. 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