BOER WAR: ONLY AN ANGUISH TO LIVE HERE: Olive Schreiner and the Anlo-Boer War.

SCHOEMAN KARL. ONLY AN ANGUISH TO LIVE HERE: Olive Schreiner and the Anlo-Boer War, 1899-1902. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1992. First edition. "During the Anglo-Boer War, Olive Schreiner took the part of the Boer Republics. Her eloquent defence of the Boers led to alienation from her English-speaking family and many of her friends, isolation,ostracism and vituperation, and she spent the greater of the war in the small Karoo village of Hanover, experiencing intense loneliness and depression, and suffering a breakdown from which she never fully recovered." 239 Pgs, Index, map, B+W ills. 175x250mm Tall.  Very Good++ in Very good ++ dust-jacket. Hardcover. Dw's top edge slightly worn. Boards edges show some scarring and there's a small initial of previous owner on lower fep, otherwise a very neat and tight copy. (#0001252)

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