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Jump and Other Stories
Nadine Gordimer
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Description for Jump and Other Stories
Paperback. Features a collection of sixteen stories. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 222. 272 pages, Illustrations. Features a collection of sixteen stories. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight: 222.
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; and, a rich safari party indulging themselves while lionesses circle their lodge. "Jump" is a vivid, disturbing and rewarding portrait of life in South Africa under apartheid.
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; and, a rich safari party indulging themselves while lionesses circle their lodge. "Jump" is a vivid, disturbing and rewarding portrait of life in South Africa under apartheid.
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747511892
SKU
V9780747511892
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Ref
99-50
About Nadine Gordimer
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Jump and Other Stories
"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.