Islands

Dan Sleigh

Original title: Eilande

earliest edition we have, 2002 Secker & Warburg, 2004 758 pages

This title covers the first half-century or so of Dutch settlement at the Cape, opening with a view from the inside of a Khoi nation, the Goringhaicona, under the leadership of Autshumao, dubbed "Chief Harry" by early English visitors. Each of the sections of the novel is focused on a man involved with Autshumao's great niece, Pieternella.

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This book in English

André Brink 1 printing we hold · 2005 · Harcourt

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Editions we hold

Islands paperback · 2005 · Vintage Books · 256 pages · 9780099464686
Islands edition · 2005 · Harcourt · 768 pages · 9780151011155
Islands edition · 2004 · Secker & Warburg · 758 pages · 9780436206207
Eilande edition · 2002 · Tafelberg Publishers · 760 pages · 9780624040316

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