Renewal Time Stories Author:Ezekiel Mphahlele Clean text. Dust jacket under clear plastic protective cover. Previous owner's name on front end page. 215pp. In 1957 Mphahlele, a professor of English denied employment, left his native South Africa for an exile that was to last 20 years. Fidelity to his people and to his art eventually led him to return to "a country where the black man has le... more »arned to wait, endure, survive" and to fictionalize his observations in the stories collected here.« less