{"product_id":"9781868147434","title":"Richard Rive: A Partial Biography, by Shaun Viljoen","description":"\u003cp\u003eA biography of Richard Rive (1930–1989), the Cape Town writer and scholar known for his short stories of the late 1950s and his novel \u003cem\u003eBuckingham Palace, District Six\u003c\/em\u003e. Shaun Viljoen portrays a man committed to the anti-racist struggle, whom others often found irascible and arrogant, and who lived with \"a constant and troubled awareness of his dark skin colour\" and with questions of his sexuality. The book follows Rive through his Drum years, his doctorate on Olive Schreiner at Oxford, and his return to teach at Hewat College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShaun Viljoen is an Associate Professor in English at Stellenbosch University. This is his first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Shaun Viljoen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 288\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wits Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51029391638786,"sku":"9781868147434","price":420.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1160\/4950\/files\/images_ba048dcd-e3d2-473f-bd01-2f8011c0a85d.jpg?v=1794392544","url":"https:\/\/bridgebooks.co.za\/products\/9781868147434","provider":"Bridge Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}