{"product_id":"to-every-birth-its-blood-mongane-serote-2004","title":"To Every Birth its Blood by Mongane Serote","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo Every Birth its Blood (Picador Africa Edition of Serote's Debut Novel)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Lyrical Township Novel of Political Awakening in 1970s Alexandra, by South Africa's Poet Laureate\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 To Every Birth its Blood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mongane Serote\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Picador Africa, Johannesburg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2004\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780958470841\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0958470847\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e Picador Africa edition, 2004 (Picador Africa Classics). Reprint of the author's debut novel.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's illustrated card wrappers, perfect bound, with a colour photograph of an Alexandra township street on the front cover and a shack with washing on the back.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large softcover (trade paperback), roughly 235 x 155 mm. 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 Good (G)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Wraps:\u003c\/strong\u003e The illustrated wrappers show light rubbing and slight handling marks. There is some darkening and staining at the lower fore-edge corner. The spine is intact, with no obvious creasing. The corners are slightly worn.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The pages are toned and yellowed, with tanned edges. The binding is tight. The copyright page carries handwritten pencil study notes in the lower and side margins, and the facing opening page of Part I is heavily covered with pencil annotations. The text on the final page is clean.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Previous owner's pencil notes, in the style of literary study annotations, on the copyright page and the opening page of Part I. No signature, name or bookplate.\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\u003eTo Every Birth Its Blood is the debut novel of Mongane Wally Serote, set in Alexandra township, Johannesburg, during the 1970s. It is a lyrical and empathetic work that follows a community's journey from weary apathy towards political awakening and, ultimately, violent resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first part is narrated by a black journalist named Tsi, and the novel experiments with chronology and perspective. Scholars have argued that this formal restlessness challenges apartheid's control over people's lives, and critics have long praised the book for its depiction of township life in Alexandra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Picador Africa edition of 2004 keeps the novel in print for a new generation of readers. With its heavily annotated opening pages, this copy shows signs of having been properly studied, and it is offered as an affordable, honest reading copy of an important work of South African protest literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Mongane Wally Serote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMongane Wally Serote was born in 1944 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. He was detained for nine months in solitary confinement under the Terrorism Act in 1969. His first poetry collection, Yakhal'inkomo, appeared in 1972 and won the Ingrid Jonker Prize. He later held a Fulbright scholarship for an MFA at Columbia University and was barred from re-entering South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis other works include Third World Express (1992), History Is the Home Address (2004) and the novel Revelations (2011). His honours include the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa and the Pablo Neruda Award, and he was inaugurated as National Poet Laureate in 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo Every Birth Its Blood Serote · Mongane Wally Serote novel · Alexandra township novel · apartheid-era South African fiction · Picador Africa Classics · South African protest literature · Serote debut novel\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador Africa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58801806803247,"sku":"TCB-000406","price":80.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/5524\/4438\/files\/to-every-birth-its-blood01630_cover_1.jpg?v=1794145901","url":"https:\/\/timeless-collectible-books.com\/products\/to-every-birth-its-blood-mongane-serote-2004","provider":"Timeless Collectible Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}