Seven stories of South Africa deal with a missing body, a mysterious Rhodesian visitor, a pass law protest, a white geologist and his Black secretary, and a pair of childhood sweethearts.
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This slim, arresting collection of seven stories from one of South Africa's preeminent writers, portions of which have appeared elsewhere, is set in and near Johannesburg. The title story tells of a black who has traveled hundreds of miles from his native Rhodesia to start a new life in Johannesburg, where there is the promise of work. Tragically, however, he dies, as do many of the natives, who struggle under the harsh circumstances. The man's family and people plan to provide a proper burial, but their meager means cannot provide a proper grave"six feet of country." There are other stories of love between men and womenwhite for black, black for white; and the anguish of the common people of this country, black and white, is presented with humanity and a discerning eye and ear. Gordimer is particularly adept at showing the frailty of mankind, the heartache of simple people trying to live, to work, and to find love and warmth.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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concise, lucid story telling,
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Gordimer tells simple, strong stories that are timed perfectly for a conclusion that leaves the reader sadened or concerned. SHe beautifully and subtlely shines a light into life in S. Africa by using white main characters, but showing black fears and consequences. Each story describes a different part of life in the country: urban, rural, in a cheiftanship, through the eyes of a black man, through the eyes of a white woman...
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My wife and I are not real farmers - not even Lerice, really. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Father Audry, Miss Graham-Grigg, Brother George, Adelaide Graham-Grigg, Land Rovers New!
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My wife and I are not real farmers - not even Lerice, really. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Father Audry, Miss Graham-Grigg, Brother George, Adelaide Graham-Grigg, Land Rovers New!
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- Sport of Nature by nadine Gordimer in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- AN Occasion for Loving by Nadine Gordimer in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Selected Stories by Nadine Gordimer in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Late Bourgeois World by Nadine Gordimer in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- A Guest of Honour by Nadine Gordimer in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Focus on African Films by Françoise Pfaff on page 23, and page 32
- Nadine Gordimer (Cambridge Studies in African and Caribbean Literature) by Dominic Head on page 172
- South African Feminisms: Writing, Theory, and Criticism, 1990-1994 (Gender and Genre in Literature) by M.J. Daymond on page 299
- Nobel Laureates In Search Of Identity And Integrity: Voices Of Different Cultures by Anders Hallengren in Back Matter
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