Lying Days [Paperback]

Nadine Gordimer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1994

A sensitive portrayal of the emergence of a young girl into womanhood in a profoundly divided society. Helen Shaw passes the first 17 years or her life in the white community of South Africa. But it takes a passionate love affair to give her the strength to finally defy her parents.

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'Nadine Gordimer is the real thing: by which I mean a true writer of graphic power, palpitating sensibility, and high and persistent emotional voltage' OBSERVER --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Nadine Gordimer's many novels include THE CONSERVATIONIST, joint winner of the Booker Prize, BURGER'S DAUGHTER, JULY'S PEOPLE, MY SON'S STORY, NONE TO ACCOMPANY ME, A GUEST OF HONOUR, THE WORLD OF STRANGERS and THE HOUSE GUN. Her collections of short stories include SOMETHING OUT THERE and JUMP. In 1991 she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. She lives in South Africa. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (June 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140233679
• ISBN-13: 978-0140233674
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,443,880 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #53 in Books > Literature & Fiction > World Literature > African > Central & South African

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gordimer quietly exposes South Africa, July 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Lying Days (Paperback)

If you want real African literature, skip Poisonwood Bible, and read Nadine Gordimer's Lying Days. She powerfully reveals the many layers of South African life back in the days of the Struggle without advancing her own political agenda or point of view. Gordimer's unabashed prose will break your soul with its brilliant clarity and eloquence.

16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At last a female coming-of-age story, February 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lying Days (Paperback)

I couldn't have timed my reading of this book any better. The book's treatment of the artistic conciousness vs. the social conscience is excellent. Nadine Gordimer is one of the very few authors who has managed to indulge her creative side and be an activist for social change. This inspires me.