Publicado por (Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 2000) 0798139986, 2000
ISBN 10: 0798139986 ISBN 13: 9780798139984
Librería: Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA, Port Elizabeth, Sur Africa
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
Edited by Stephen Gray. 213 x 137 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 248. Near-fine condition. "Chameleon on the Gallows is the prequel to Stormwrack, elected one of the top 20 South African books of all time - Mail & Guardian, 23 December, 1994. From the archives of the Valley comes this brilliant comedy by C. Louis Leipoldt (1880-1947), written in English and published here for the first time. The unfolding saga of a Western Cape town climbing out of the shadow of slavery into early Victorian settled prosperity. Based on the history of Clanwilliam in Southern Namaqualand, where he was brought up, in Chameleon on the Gallows Leipoldt tells the story of the rehabilitating Everardus and his courageous wife Magriet, of the legendary Widow Priem, horsebreeder, and her shy strolling player lover: the Frenchman Pierre. Other goings-on of great moment are recorded, leading to this unforgettable community's election of their parliamentary representatives. Edited from the original typescript, with an introduction, by Stephen Gray.".