Get 10% off all year round! Join Thryft Club
Get 10% off all year round and $10 off your next order! Join Thryft Club
Buy 3 Get Another Free On All Under S$10

Your cart

Your cart is empty

Check out these collections!

Bestselling Fiction
Bestselling Nonfiction
Bestselling Books for Children
Vintage and Rare Books
Vinyl Records
Women's Clothing
Men's Clothing

Turbott Wolfe

by William Plomer
$8.90
Turbott Wolfe
Turbott Wolfe

Pioneering renegade colonialist critique; provocative, questioning.

If you gravitate towards books that were ahead of their times, igniting debates and challenging status quos, "Turbott Wolfe" might just resonate with you. William Plomer's narrative delves deep into the theme of racism with a boldness that was especially striking for its era. It's not just an engaging story about societal and racial tensions in 1920s South Africa, but a historical milestone that echoes the complexities of human relationships across color lines.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Turbott Wolfe

by William Plomer
$8.90
ISBN: 9780949937698
Authors: William Plomer
Publisher: Ad. Donker
Date of Publication: 1980-01-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Historical Fiction, Drama, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Feminism, Race, Classics, World War II, Asian Literature, Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.46
(rated by 24 readers)

Special Offer

Buy 3 Preloved Items Below S$10 and Get Another Free

Discount applied automatically when you add them to your cart!

Description

"It is an inexplicable lapse on the part of literary scholars and critics," writes Nadine Gordimer in her Introduction, "that Turbott Wolfe is not recognised as a pyrotechnic presence in the canon of renegade colonialist literature along with Conrad." Indeed, William Plomer’s astonishing first novel, which first appeared in 1926, ignited a firestorm of controversy in his native South Africa. At the novel’s center is Turbott Wolfe, a British trader who opens a general store in Lembuland. He befriends many of his black customers but has less luck ingratiating himself with the bigoted whites who have lived in the area for generations. Eventually, Wolfe and his comrades embrace miscegenation as the key to Africa’s future—the Young Africa, where the races have blurred. Provocative and deeply questioning, Turbott Wolfe remains a powerful chronicle of the intimate human consequences of racism.
Condition guide

Book Condition Guide

Books in Like New Condition

This book may contain very minor cosmetic defects, but it is in pristine condition. There should be no yellowing, no foxing, no water damage, and no annotations of any kind on the cover and the pages. For paperbacks, there should not be any crease marks on the spine. This book is good as new — lucky you!

*Books may be missing bundle media (e.g. CD, e-book code), if included.

Books in Very Good Condition

This book has been used, but it is still in a clean condition. There should be no foxing or annotations of any kind on the inner pages, but a sparse amount may be present on the cover, title pages, or outside edges of the book. There should be no water damage of any kind. For paperbacks, there may be light crease marks on the spine.

*Books may be missing bundle media (e.g. CD, e-book code), if included.

Books in Good Condition

We do our best to ensure the quality of our books, but there is no escaping the wear and tear that comes with time. Slight foxing and some annotations may be present on the pages and the cover. There should be no water damage of any kind. For paperbacks, there may be several crease marks on the spine.

*Books may be missing bundle media (e.g. CD, e-book code), if included.

Books in Well Read Condition

This is a well-read book, which means that the previous owner probably really enjoyed it! The cover and pages may include moderate foxing and annotations, but the text is not obscured and still readable. Moderate cosmetic defects and minor water damage may be present on the edges of the book. For paperbacks, there may be multiple crease marks on the spine.

*Books may be missing bundle media (e.g. CD, e-book code), if included.

 

Find out more about our process here.

 

Similar Reads

Pioneering renegade colonialist critique; provocative, questioning.

If you gravitate towards books that were ahead of their times, igniting debates and challenging status quos, "Turbott Wolfe" might just resonate with you. William Plomer's narrative delves deep into the theme of racism with a boldness that was especially striking for its era. It's not just an engaging story about societal and racial tensions in 1920s South Africa, but a historical milestone that echoes the complexities of human relationships across color lines.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.