Nadine Gordimer — Occasion for Loving

London, Victor Gollancz, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A thought provoking novel on racial tensions in South Africa, written during Apartheid by a Novel-Prize winning novelist. The UK first edition of Occasion for Loving, a profound romantic novel set during Apartheid, written by South African novelist Nadine Gordimer. In the publisher's original red cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Following two white women, one trying to grapple with her self-awareness of her relationships, and the other married and having an affair with a black artist, Gordimer's novel is a thought-provoking examination of the contemporary racial tensions within the Apartheid regime. Gordimer was active in the anti-Apartheid movement and a member of Mandela's ANC. Gordimer would later win the Nobel prize for literature in 1991, becoming the first African woman to do so. In the publisher's original red cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with minimal marks and edgewear. Sunning and browning to dust wrapper, mostly to wrapper spine and extremities. Minimal wrapper edgewear. End papers are bright and clean. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with minor age toning. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good.