{"product_id":"die-laaste-sondag-elsa-joubert-1983","title":"Die laaste Sondag by Elsa Joubert","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDie laaste Sondag (First Edition, First Printing in Dust Jacket)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Pastor and His Remote Afrikaner Flock in Elsa Joubert's Novel, Published by Tafelberg in 1983\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 Die laaste Sondag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Elsa Joubert\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tafelberg-Uitgewers Beperk, Kaapstad\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1983\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0624022412\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Edition, First Printing (Eerste uitgawe, eerste druk).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's dark grey cloth hardcover with a printed dust jacket in a grey, cream, orange and red typographic design.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Octavo, roughly 210 x 135 mm. Standard novel format, without maps or plates.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Afrikaans\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 dark grey cloth boards beneath the jacket are clean, with a few tiny light specks, and the corners are sharp. The jacket protects the boards well.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The pages are cream and clean, with a tiny speck on the title page. The text block is tight and the text is legible. The page edges are lightly toned. No markings are present.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present, in a grey, cream, orange and red typographic design by Gerhard Last. It shows light edge wear: small chips at the head and tail of the spine, a small chip at the top right corner of the back panel and a small nick at the lower edge. There is a small crease or tear near the top left of the front panel, by the author's name. The front flap carries an author portrait by Desmond Windell and is slightly curled at the top. Overall about Very Good. 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\u003eDie laaste Sondag, published by Tafelberg in Cape Town in 1983, is a novel by Elsa Joubert, the author of Die swerfjare van Poppie Nongena. It follows a pastor serving a remote community of Afrikaner farmers, who are only intermittently aware of the black townships that lie nearby.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book grew directly out of a visit the author made to Angola. An English translation by Anna Jonker appeared as The Last Sunday (Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton, London, 1989), and a stage version was first produced by PACT in 1986.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a clean first printing in its original typographic dust jacket, of interest to collectors of Elsa Joubert and of Afrikaans literature of the early 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Elsa Joubert\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElsa Joubert (1922-2020) was born in Paarl and died in Cape Town. She taught at the Hoër Meisieskool in Cradock and was editor of Huisgenoot from 1946 to 1948. In 1950 she married the journalist and writer Klaas Steytler.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer best-known work, Die swerfjare van Poppie Nongena (1978), was translated into 13 languages. Ons wag op die kaptein won the Eugène Marais prize in 1964, and Bonga won the CNA prize in 1971. Later honours include the Hertzog Prize in 1998 and an honorary doctorate from Stellenbosch University in 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDie laaste Sondag Elsa Joubert · Elsa Joubert first edition · Afrikaans first edition 1983 · Tafelberg 1983 first printing · Elsa Joubert Afrikaans novel · Afrikaans literature collectible\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tafelberg-Uitgewers Beperk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58869025931567,"sku":"TCB-000886","price":70.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/5524\/4438\/files\/die-laaste-sondag86320_cover_1.jpg?v=1794678441","url":"https:\/\/timeless-collectible-books.com\/products\/die-laaste-sondag-elsa-joubert-1983","provider":"Timeless Collectible Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}