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Ah, But Your Land is Beautiful is set in the 1950s, the time of the Passive Resistance campaign, the Sophia-town removals, the emergence of the South African Liberal Party and the early stages of the Nationalist government in power. Revolving around the everyday experiences of a group of men and wom...

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Summary: This volume offers a unique insight into the life of Stephen King. It finds out what books and films influenced him as a young writer, his first idea for a story and the true life tale that inspired Carrie.

This selection, designed especially for students but also for the general reader, draws on the whole of Stevie Smith's output in poetry, prose and drawings from Novel on Yellow Paper (1936) to Scorpion (1972). Hermione Lee's introduction and arrangement bring out the connections between St...

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