{"product_id":"mafeking-road-herman-charles-bosman-1996","title":"Mafeking Road by Herman Charles Bosman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMafeking Road (Collectible Human \u0026amp; Rousseau Bosman Paperback)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHerman Charles Bosman's Celebrated Oom Schalk Lourens Stories of the Groot Marico\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\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Herman Charles Bosman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Human \u0026amp; Rousseau, Cape Town ; Johannesburg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1996\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780798128216\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0798128216\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e Completely reset edition, fourth impression, 1996.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's illustrated card wrappers, perfect bound, with a watercolour cover illustration by Dan Swart. Part of the uniform edition of Bosman titles.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large softcover (trade paperback style), 144 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 glossy illustrated wrappers are bright and colourful. The spine is clean with no visible creasing and the corners are reasonably sharp. There is a slight upward curl to the lower corner of the front cover and a small light mark near the top left edge of the back cover. The page block edges are tanned.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The pages are toned throughout, as is typical of the paper stock. The text is clean with no markings seen, and the binding is tight.\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 gathers twenty-one short stories narrated by the laconic Oom Schalk Lourens, who recalls life in the Groot Marico district of the Transvaal. Love, hatred, betrayal and death are woven together with a light, whimsical and often satirical touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stories are set in the Marico, in the years during and between the two Anglo-Boer Wars, and feature lethargic herdsmen, ambitious concertina players, legendary leopards and mambas. It was the first published collection of the Oom Schalk Lourens stories and is regarded as Bosman's best-known and best-loved work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis copy is from the Human \u0026amp; Rousseau uniform edition of eight Bosman titles, with a cover illustration by Dan Swart. It makes a handsome and affordable reading copy for any collection of South African literature.\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) is widely regarded as South Africa's greatest short-story writer. After graduating from the University of the Witwatersrand he taught in the Groot Marico, the district that later became the setting for his best-loved stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis other notable works include Cold Stone Jug (1949), a collection of sardonic, comic prison sketches, and the novel Jacaranda in the Night. 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