Down Second Avenue /
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| Author / Creator: | Mphahlele, Es'kia, 1919-2008. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Penguin Books, 2013. |
| Description: | xiii, 236 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Penguin classics Penguin classics. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9290760 |
| Summary: | Es'kia Mphahlele's seminal memoir of life in apartheid South Africa-available for the first time in Penguin Classics<br> <br> <p>Nominated for the Nobel Prize in 1969, Es'kia Mphahlele is considered the Dean of African Letters and the father of black South African writing. Down Second Avenue is a landmark book that describes Mphahlele's experience growing up in segregated South Africa. Vivid, graceful, and unapologetic, it details a daily life of severe poverty and brutal police surveillance under the subjugation of an apartheid regime. Banned in South Africa after its original 1959 publication for its protest against apartheid, Down Second Avenue is a foundational work of literature that continues to inspire activists today.<br> <br> For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.</p> |
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| Item Description: | "First published in Great Britain by Faber and Faber Limited, 1959; first published in the United States of America by Anchor Books, 1971"--T.p. verso. |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 236 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780143106791 (pbk.) 0143106791 (pbk.) |