Dragadze (Tamara) Like Milk on the Fire
£95
London, Chatto & Windus, 1965.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
Tamara Dragadze’s novel is steeped in Moroccan culture, with references to Casablanca, couscous, djellabas and Ramadan.
In stock
Ink name and bookseller’s small sticker to front pastedown; cloth very good; jacket price-clipped, minor chipping to corners, overall very good.
Jacket design by Irus Taly.
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