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The Pickup
by Nadine Gordimer
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0747557950
- ISBN 13
- 9780747557951
- Seller
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Bloomsbury, London, 2002. Reprint. Medium Trade Paperback. Very Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 270 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Bloomsbury, London, 2002. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine has minimal reading creases. . Pages are lightly tanned. Previous owner's name in ink. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: When Julie Summers' car breaks down in a sleazy street, a young Arab mechanic comes to her rescue. Out of this meeting develops a friendship that turns to love. But soon, despite his attempts to make the most of Julie's wealthy connections, Abdu is deported from South Africa and Julie insists on going too - but the couple must marry to make the relationship legitimate in the traditional village which is to be their home. Here, whilst Abdu is dedicated to escaping back to the different life he has discovered, Julie finds herself slowly drawn in by the charm of her surroundings and new family, creating an unexpected gulf between them... *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Romance & Women's Fiction; ISBN: 0747557950. ISBN/EAN: 9780747557951. Inventory No: 16070592.. 9780747557951
Synopsis
When Julie Summers's car breaks down on a sleazy street in a South African city, a young Arab mechanic named Abdu comes to her aid. Their attraction to one another is fueled by different motives. Julie is in rebellion against her wealthy background and her father; Abdu, an illegal immigrant, is desperate to avoid deportation to his impoverished country. In the course of their relationship, there are unpredictable consequences, and overwhelming emotions will overturn each one's notion of the other. Set in the new South Africa and in an Arab village in the desert, The Pickup is "a masterpiece of creative empathy . . . a gripping tale of contemporary anguish and unexpected desire, and it also opens the Arab world to unusually nuanced perception" (Edward W. Said).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16070592
- Title
- The Pickup
- Author
- Nadine Gordimer
- Format/Binding
- Medium Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0747557950
- ISBN 13
- 9780747557951
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Fiction; The Pickup
- Bookseller catalogs
- Romance & Women's Fiction; Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Manyhills Books
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About the Seller
Manyhills Books
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Traralgon, Victoria
About Manyhills Books
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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