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...

Zehn meisterhafte Erzählungen der südafrikanischen Nobelpreisträgerin Nadine Gordimer Jede Erzählung ist eine Offenlegung inneren Lebens, jede voller überraschende Wendungen, jede in dem geschliffenen Stil und der kompromisslosen...

A New York Times Notable BookWinner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Africa"Ranks as one of Gordimer's best novels...It transcends politics and aims at a meaning higher than human striving."---The Philadelphia InquirerWhen Julie...

"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...

„A World of Strangers“ ist ein Roman der südafrikanischen Autorin Nadine Gordimer, der erstmals 1958 veröffentlicht wurde. Die Geschichte spielt in den 1950er Jahren während der Apartheid in Südafrika und folgt dem jungen Engländer Toby...