Author won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991
Nadine Gordimer's many novels include The Lying Days, 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 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.
"If one were never to read any other literature about South Africa, Gordimer's work would be enough. For more than thirty years she has delineated each shift and change in the system in novels and short stories that intertwine the personal with the political. As a literary keeper of records, she has no peer." Penny Perrick, Sunday Times.
"If one were never to read any other literature about South Africa, Gordimer's work would be enough. For more than thirty years she has delineated each shift and change in the system in novels and short stories that intertwine the personal with the political. As a literary keeper of records, she has no peer." Penny Perrick, Sunday Times.
Written with consummate artistry, this South African writer's latest collection of short fiction illuminates her concerns about the human consequences of political repression. Gordimer ( A Sport of Nature ; Something Out There ; The Essential Gesture ) is a member of the African National Congress, vice-president of PEN International and an executive member of the Congress of South African Writers, and actively opposes censorship in South Africa. All of these involvements color her fiction, yet these stories are far from mere politically correct mouthpieces. In 16 tales, most with a South African setting, Gordimer explores the ironies and values of human relations and expectations with a deft and frequently poignant touch. In ``Safe Houses'' a revolutionary finds sanctuary and a surprising connection in the home of a surburban socialite. ``The Moment Before the Gun Went Off'' gives us an astonishing revelation of the ironic truth behind the accidental death of a black farmhand in the truck of a white farmer. An innocent love plays a role in revolutionary destruction and mayhem in ``Some Are Born to Sweet Delight.'' Gordimer has rarely been more profound or more quietly brilliant than in these exquisitely subtle stories, whose power is equal to a thousand manifestos. (Sept.)
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