On the contrary : a novel : being the life of a famous rebel, soldier, traveller, explorer, reader,...
On the contrary : a novel : being the life of a famous rebel, soldier, traveller, explorer, reader,...
On the contrary : a novel : being the life of a famous rebel, soldier, traveller, explorer, reader, builder, scribe, Latinist, lover, and liar / André Brink.
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Publisher
Boston : Little, Brown, c1993.
Call Numbers
N823/35
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Language
English
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Physical content
375 p. ; 22 cm.
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Publisher
Boston : Little, Brown, c1993.
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
c1993.
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Summary
In Andre Brink's provocative new novel, Estienne Barbier - cunning liar, lecherous seducer of women, unlikely epic hero yet likeable rogue - guides us through an eye-opening adventure in eighteenth-century South Africa.
Fleeing the wrath of scorned husbands in Europe, Barbier connives his way into an expedition to the Cape of Good Hope. As a scribe for the East India Company, he dutifully chronicles the wonders of Africa's exotic landscape, whose majesty inspires in him the desire to discover a fabled city of gold. But along the way Barbier begins to see clearly t...
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On the contrary : a novel : being the life of a famous rebel, soldier, traveller, explorer, reader, builder, scribe, Latinist, lover, and liar / André Brink.
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Date Copyright
c1993.
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Call Numbers
N823/35
Record Identifier
74VKJ26qP7ey
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKJ26qP7ey
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ISBN
0316108847
9780316108843 :
0316108847 :
9780316108843
DDC
823
MMS ID
991022039539702626
