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July's People
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Life Times: Stories, 1952-2007
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No Time Like the Present: A Novel
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No Time Like the Present: A Novel
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A sharply observed new novel about post-apartheid South Africa from the Nobel Prize winner
Nadine Gordimer is one of our most telling contemporary writers. With each new work, she attacks—with a clear-eyed fierceness, a lack of sentimentality, and a deep understanding of the darkest depths of the human soul—her eternal themes: the inextricable link between personal and communal history; the inescapable moral ambiguities of daily life; the political and racial tensions that persist in her homeland, South Africa. And in each new work is fresh evidence of her literary genius: in the sharpness of her psychological insights, the stark beauty of her language, the complexity of her characters, and the difficult choices with which they are faced.
In No Time Like the Present, Gordimer trains her keen eye on Steve and Jabulile, an interracial couple living in a newly, tentatively, free South Africa. They have a daughter, Sindiswa; they move to the suburbs; Steve becomes a lecturer at a university; Jabulile trains to become a lawyer; there is another child, a boy this time. There is nothing so extraordinary about their lives, and yet, in telling their story and the stories of their friends and families, Gordimer manages to capture the tortured, fragmented essence of a nation struggling to define itself post-apartheid.
The subject is contemporary, but Gordimer’s treatment is, as ever, timeless. In No Time Like the Present, she shows herself once again a master novelist, at the height of her prodigious powers.
Life Times: Stories
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"Superb...a series of masterly drawn glimpses into the storymaking art of one of Africa's great modern literary geniuses." -Alan Cheuse, NPR A selection of short stories written to date by Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer, Life Times reveals her acute understanding of human nature and paints a fascinatingly original portrait of South Africa. Whether focusing on politics, sexuality, race, love, or loss, Gordimer maps out the terrain of human relationships with razor-sharp psychological insight and a stunning lack of sentimentality. Complex and multifaceted, her stories challenge us, time and again, to examine the conflict between our actions and our unspoken desires. This powerful collection, which includes two new stories, is a testament to Gordimer's literary genius and the ongoing power and relevance of her vision.
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When Julie Summers's car breaks down on a sleazy street in a South African city, a young Arab mechanic named Abdu comes to her aid. Their attraction to one another is fueled by different motives. Julie is in rebellion against her wealthy background and her father; Abdu, an illegal immigrant, is desperate to avoid deportation to his impoverished country. In the course of their relationship, there are unpredictable consequences, and overwhelming emotions will overturn each one's notion of the other. Set in the new South Africa and in an Arab village in the desert, The Pickup is "a masterpiece of creative empathy . . . a gripping tale of contemporary anguish and unexpected desire, and it also opens the Arab world to unusually nuanced perception" (Edward W. Said).
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Mehring is rich. He has all the privileges and possessions that South Africa has to offer, but his possessions refuse to remain objects. His wife, son, and mistress leave him; his foreman and workers become increasingly indifferent to his stewarsship; even the land rises up, as drought, then flood, destroy his farm.
Life Times: Stories, 1952-2007
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A stunning selection of the best short fiction from the recipient of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureThis collection of Nadine Gordimer’s short fiction demonstrates her rich use of language and her unsparing vision of politics, sexuality, and race. Whether writing about lovers, parents and children, or married couples, Gordimer maps out the terrain of human relationships with razor-sharp psychological insight and a stunning lack of sentimentality. The selection, which spans the course of Gordimer’s career to date, presents the range of her storytelling abilities and her brilliant insight into human nature. From such epics as “Friday’s Footprint” and “Something Out There” to her shorter, more experimental stories, Gordimer’s work is unfailingly nuanced and complex. Time and again, it forces us to examine how our stated intentions come into conflict with our unspoken desires.
This definitive volume, which includes four new stories from the Nobel laureate, is a testament to the power, force, and ongoing relevance of Gordimer’s vision.
July's People
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For years, it had been what is called a "deteriorating situation." Now all over South Africa the cities are battlegrounds. The members of the Smales family - liberal whites - are rescued from the terror by their servant, July, who leads them to refuge in his village. What happens to the Smaleses and to July - the shifts in character and relationships - gives us an unforgettable look into the terrifying, tacit understandings and misunderstandings between blacks and whites.
Not all whites in South Africa are outright racists. Some, like Bam and Maureen Smales in Nadine Gordimer's thrilling and powerful novel July's People, are sensitive to the plights of blacks during the apartheid state. So imagine their quandary when the blacks stage a full-scale revolution that sends the Smaleses scampering into isolation. The premise of the book is expertly crafted; it speaks much about the confusing state of affairs of South Africa and serves as the backbone for a terrific adventure.
Gordimer Nadine News
Airbrushed out - Mail & Guardian Online
Mail & Guardian Online, South Africa - May 21, 4588
Airbrushed outWhen I received the AZ of African Writers, compiled by Robin Malan, I scanned it looking out for the canonical writers such as Chinua Achebe, Nadine Gordimer, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, JM Coetzee and Ayi Kwei Armah. But alas! Armah was not to be found.
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Cormac McCarthy Wins PEN/Saul Bellow Award - Washington Post
Washington Post, United States - May 21, 3391
Cormac McCarthy Wins PEN/Saul Bellow Award which was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and for a 2009 Pulitzer Prize in biography. The PEN Center also awarded citations to Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer, Ha Jin and 18 other authors for excellence in short fiction.Cormac McCarthy receives PEN award Cormac McCarthy wins PEN/Saul Bellow award for US literature
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Shattered Peace - WNYC
WNYC, NY - May 09, 2009
Shattered PeaceThe Nadine Gordimer story “THE FIRST SENSE” describes the delicate construct of a marriage between an internationally successful cellist and his less talented, less ambitious wife. At once a vivid account of life among serious classical music
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Jeffrey Archer - Outlook
Outlook, India - May 23, 2009
OutlookJeffrey ArcherI never wanted to be a Patrick White or Nadine Gordimer. My readers endorse my gift of storytelling and I'm thrilled by their response. Unlike your heroes, you've stayed married to the same woman for the last 43 years.
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'Burn This Book' edited by Toni Morrison - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times, CA - May 24, 2009
'Burn This Book' edited by Toni MorrisonYou can also read South African writer and Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer's "Witness: The Inward Testimony" about her sometimes racist upbringing during the worst of the apartheid era. An artist, she explains, inevitably loses his or her own freedom
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