{"product_id":"mafeking-road-and-other-stories-bosman-1998-anniversary-edition","title":"Mafeking Road by Herman Charles Bosman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMafeking Road (Anniversary Edition, Inscribed Copy, Second Impression)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHerman Charles Bosman's Marico Stories of Oom Schalk Lourens, in the Craig MacKenzie Edited Text\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 Mafeking Road: and other stories: The Anniversary Edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Herman Charles Bosman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Craig MacKenzie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Human \u0026amp; Rousseau, Cape Town\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1998\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780798139021\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0798139021\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e Anniversary Edition, 1998, edited by Craig MacKenzie. Second impression, 1999. Inscribed by a previous owner.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's illustrated card wrappers with a black and grey photographic cover, perfect bound.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large softcover (trade paperback), approximately 235 x 155 mm. 151 pages.\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 (VG)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Wraps:\u003c\/strong\u003e The illustrated wrappers show light surface wear to the front cover. The grey spine carries slight marking and light creasing. The corners are slightly rubbed and the cover edges show minor wear, consistent with a carefully read copy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The pages are clean and cream, with legible text and a tight binding. A small blue ink mark and a faint pencil mark appear on the page edge. No foxing is evident. Previous owner's inscription to the endpaper.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Handwritten inscription in blue ink on the endpaper: \"Anne October 1999 \"Another road\" Love E.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not Applicable (As Issued)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMafeking Road and Other Stories is Herman Charles Bosman's celebrated collection of short stories set in the Groot Marico, told in the dry, digressive voice of the storyteller Oom Schalk Lourens. It was the first of Bosman's Oom Schalk collections to appear in book form, and it has been regarded as an important contribution to South African literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHumour, satire and irony run through the tales, which range across a wide span of human feeling, from folly and vanity to cruelty and tenderness. Bosman wrote in English but drew on the rhythms of Afrikaans speech, giving the stories their distinctive, unmistakable voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Anniversary Edition presents the text edited by Craig MacKenzie, the first to derive from the original versions of the stories, with an introduction and notes on the texts. It suits readers and collectors of South African literature who want a scholarly text of a classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Herman Charles Bosman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHerman Charles Bosman (1905-1951) was born near Cape Town and wrote mainly in English, shaping it with the rhythms of Afrikaans speech. After a teaching post in the Marico district, he shot and killed his stepbrother in 1926 and was imprisoned. His death sentence was commuted to ten years, of which he served about four.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis prison memoir Cold Stone Jug appeared in 1949, and he also wrote the novel Jacaranda in the Night. He founded and edited the literary magazine The Touleier and was literary editor of South African Opinion and Trek. 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