When Will skips school to slip off to a movie theater near Johannesburg, he is shocked to see his father. An ordinary mishap, but his father is no ordinary man. He is a "colored" and revered anti-apartheid hero, and his female companion...

"None to Accompany Me" ist ein Roman der südafrikanischen Schriftstellerin Nadine Gordimer, der sich mit den Themen Identität, Veränderung und persönlicher Wandel inmitten politischer Umbrüche auseinandersetzt. Die Geschichte spielt im...

Get a Life von Gordimer, Nadine

»Die Zukunft«, sagt die weiße Juristin und aktive Gegnerin der Apartheid Vera Stark zu ihrem Mann Ben, »besteht darin, die Vergangenheit rückgängig zu machen.« Sie meint es politisch und weiß, es gilt auch für ihr Leben. Sie zieht die...

For years, it has 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...

Telling Times von Gordimer, Nadine

In this collection of sixteen stories, Gordimer brings unforgettable characters from every corner of society to life: a child refugee fleeing civil war in Mozambique; a black activist's deserted wife longing for better times; a rich...

Burger's Daughter von Gordimer, Nadine

With her characteristic brilliance, Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer follows the inner lives of characters confronted by unforeseen circumstances. An earthquake offers tragedy and opportunity in the title story, exposing both an ocean...

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...

A sharply observed new novel about post-apartheid South Africa from the Nobel Prize winnerNadine Gordimer is one of our most telling contemporary writers. With each new work, she attacks-with a clear-eyed fierceness, a lack of...

Jump and Other Stories collects fifteen thematically and geographically wide-ranging tales from political activist and Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer, with settings ranging from suburban London to Mozambique.With unflinching...