Jump and Other Short Stories

by NadineGordimer (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1992

  $3.45

• Used

  Paperback
  1995

  $3.45

  In sixteen new stories ranging from the dynamics of family life to the worldwide confusion of human values, Nadine Gordimer gives us access to many lives in places as far apart as suburban London, Mozambique, a mythical island, and South Africa. In Some Are Born to Sweet Delight, a girl's innocent love for an enigmatic foreign lodger in her parents' home leads her to involve others in a tragedy of international terrorism. The Moment Before the Gun Went Off reveals the strange mystery behind an accident in which a white farmer has killed a black boy. Once Upon a Time is a horrifying fairy tale about a child raised in a society founded on fear.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1991

  $3.45

  These stories take the reader on journeys across cultures, from the war in Mozambique to the beaches of the South of France, from the affluent suburbs of Johannesburg to the back streets of London, over political territories from the Underground to revolution.

• New

  Paperback
  2003

  $12.27

  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.