Literary Guide to the Eastern Cape: Places and the Voices of Writers

Jeanette Eve, A Literary Guide to the Eastern Cape: Places and the Voices of Writers ... With Drawings and Photographs by Basil Mills. Cape Town: Double Storey, 2003.

Royal octavo (24.5 x 16.5 cm), Soft cover, card wraps, 402 pages, well illustrated.

Corners of the upper wrap just beginning to curl slightly, gift inscription on the first blank; otherwise in fine condition.

'The Eastern Cape is a province of great natural beauty, historical interest and tourist potential, and it has evoked a wealth of literary responses. A Literary Guide to the Eastern Cape includes poems and prose extracts from imaginative and personal writings and introduces some 80 writers from different eras and backgrounds.

'Material is arranged regionally, allowing one to travel by car or in the mind across the varied terrain of the Eastern Cape, exploring cities, towns, coast and countryside, and discovering the different aspects of places through writers' eyes. The book is illustrated with photographs and drawings.

'Jeanette Eve, who has a master's degree in English, has taught literature in South Africa and Zimbabwe. In recent years she has, with the backing of the National English Literary Museum (NELM), devoted herself to research and writing about the Eastern Cape and to travelling to various parts of the province.'

An impressive work of detailed research.