Author: Paul de Kock
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Category : French fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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The Gogo Family
Author: Charles Paul de Kock
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The Works of Charles Paul de Kock, with a General Introduction by Jules Claretie
Author: Paul de Kock
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Category : French fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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Category : French fiction
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Pages : 372
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The Works of Charles Paul de Kock
Author: Paul de Kock
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Languages : en
Pages : 370
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Frederique
Author: Paul de Kock
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Pages : 370
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Pages : 370
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The Works of Charles Paul de Kock: Edmond and his cousin
Author: Paul de Kock
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Languages : en
Pages : 314
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Pages : 314
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The Works of Charles Paul de Kock: The barber of Paris
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Pages : 304
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The Works of Charles Paul de Kock
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Triomf
Author: Marlene Van Niekerk
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN: 1468302221
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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“A scatologocial black satire . . . Triomf may be the signal Afrikaans novel of the 1990s . . . A daring, vicious and hilarious flight of imagination” (The Washington Post). This is the story of the four inhabitants of 127 Martha Street in the poor white suburb of Triomf. Living on the ruins of old Sophiatown, the freehold township razed to the ground as a so-called “black spot,” they await with trepidation their country’s first democratic elections. It is a date that coincides fatefully with the fortieth birthday of Lambert, the oversexed misfit son of the house. There is also Treppie, master of misrule and family metaphysician; Pop, the angel of peace teetering on the brink of the grave; and Mol, the materfamilias in her eternal housecoat. Pestered on a daily basis by nosy neighbors, National Party canvassers and Jehovah’s Witnesses, defenseless against the big city towering over them like a vengeful dinosaur, they often resort to quoting to each other the only consolation that they know; we still have each other and a roof over our heads. Triomf relentlessly probes Afrikaner history and politics, revealing the bizarre and tragic effect that apartheid had on exactly the white underclass who were most supposed to benefit. It is also a seriously funny investigation of the human endeavor to make sense of life even under the most abject of circumstances. “South Africa as you’ve never seen it: a tale of incest and white trash. Funny, feisty, ferociously clever.” —Gillian Slovo, author of Ten Days “A world-class tragicomic novel, the kind of book that stabs at your heart while it has you rolling on the floor.” —The New York Times Book Review
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN: 1468302221
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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“A scatologocial black satire . . . Triomf may be the signal Afrikaans novel of the 1990s . . . A daring, vicious and hilarious flight of imagination” (The Washington Post). This is the story of the four inhabitants of 127 Martha Street in the poor white suburb of Triomf. Living on the ruins of old Sophiatown, the freehold township razed to the ground as a so-called “black spot,” they await with trepidation their country’s first democratic elections. It is a date that coincides fatefully with the fortieth birthday of Lambert, the oversexed misfit son of the house. There is also Treppie, master of misrule and family metaphysician; Pop, the angel of peace teetering on the brink of the grave; and Mol, the materfamilias in her eternal housecoat. Pestered on a daily basis by nosy neighbors, National Party canvassers and Jehovah’s Witnesses, defenseless against the big city towering over them like a vengeful dinosaur, they often resort to quoting to each other the only consolation that they know; we still have each other and a roof over our heads. Triomf relentlessly probes Afrikaner history and politics, revealing the bizarre and tragic effect that apartheid had on exactly the white underclass who were most supposed to benefit. It is also a seriously funny investigation of the human endeavor to make sense of life even under the most abject of circumstances. “South Africa as you’ve never seen it: a tale of incest and white trash. Funny, feisty, ferociously clever.” —Gillian Slovo, author of Ten Days “A world-class tragicomic novel, the kind of book that stabs at your heart while it has you rolling on the floor.” —The New York Times Book Review
The Works of Charles Paul de Kock: Jean
Author: Paul de Kock
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Languages : en
Pages : 322
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Pages : 322
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The Works of Charles Paul de Kock, with a General Introduction by Jules Claretie: Sister Anne. -[v. 3-4] Monsieur Dupont. -[v. 5-6] Frère Jacques. -[v. 7-8] The barber of Paris. -[v. 9] The child of my wife. -[v. 10-11] The Gogo family. -[v. 12] Memoirs. -[v.13-14] My neighbor Raymond. -[v.15] The damsel of the three skirts. -[v. 16-17] Jean. -[v. 18] Friquette. -[v. 19] Scenes of Parisian life. -[v. 20] Edmond and his cousin. -[v. 21] Madame Pantalon. -[v. 22] Gustave, v.1, tr. by A. S. Martin. -[v. 23] Gustave, v. 2, tr. by A. S. Martin. M. Martin's donkey, tr. by Edith M. Norris
Author: Paul de Kock
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Languages : en
Pages : 370
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Pages : 370
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