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de DURFORT, Claire (FOWLES, John, translator)
Ourika
W. Thomas Taylor Austin 1977 First First American edition, and the first edition in English. Quarto. Quarter leather and pastepaper over boards. Translated into English with an epilogue by John Fowles. Fine. One of 500 copies Signed by John Fowles at the conclusion of the text. Ourika represents a number of important firsts: the first black heroine in a novel set in Europe, the first French literary work narrated by a black female protagonist, and according to John Fowles: "the first serious attempt by a white novelist to enter a black mind." It was also the inspiration for Fowles' novel The French Lieutenant's Woman. A lovely fine press edition.
- USD 250.00 > other currencies
- ordernr.: 1521
- bookseller: Between the Covers Rare Books, Inc. (USA)
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