Dusklands

Dusklands by J M Coetzee. First edition (1974). First impression. Medium format hardback in very good condition. Flat signed by the author to half title page. There is some minor wear to top and bottom of jacket spine with a 2cm closed tear to top. There are also two small marks to ffep which look like the page was stuck to front boards in the printing process. The pages are clean, spine tight. Dust jacket now in removable protective sleeve. Please see pictures. Paypal accepted any questions please get in touch.

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Dusklands (1974) is the first novel by J. M. Coetzee, winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. It is a presentation and critique of the violence inherent in the colonialist and imperialist mentality of the Western world. The novel actually consists of two separate stories. The first one, "The Vietnam Project", relates the gradual descent into insanity of its protagonist Eugene Dawn. Eugene works for a U.S. government agency responsible for the psychological warfare in the Vietnam War. The second story, "The Narrative of Jacobus Coetzee", which takes place in the 18th century, is an account of a hunting expedition into the then "unexplored" interior of South Africa. After crossing the Orange River, Jacobus meets with a Namaqua tribe to trade, but suddenly falls ill. He is attended to by the tribe and gradually recovers, only to get into a fight for which he is expelled from the village.

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