July's People

July's People

by NadineGordimer (Author)

Synopsis

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 them to refuge in his native village. What happens to the Smaleses and to July - the shifts in character and relationships - gives us an unforgettable look into the terrifying, tacit understandings and misunderstandings between blacks and whites.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
Edition: New
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 21 Nov 2005

ISBN 10: 0747578389
ISBN 13: 9780747578383
Book Overview: To be jointly published with The Conservationist as part of an immensely exciting on-going promotion of Nadine Gordimer by Bloomsbury Nadine Gordimer is the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Booker Prize

Media Reviews
'Breathtaking ... It is so flawlessly written that every one of its events seems chillingly, ominously possible' Anne Tyler, New York Times Book Review 'If one were never to read any other literature about South Africa, Gordimer's work would be enough ... As a literary keeper of records, she has no peer' Sunday Times 'Nadine Gordimer is the real thing: by which I mean a true writer of graphic power, palpitating sensibility, and high and persistent emotional voltage' Observer
Author Bio
Nadine Gordimer's many novels include The Lying Days, The Conservationist, joint winner of the Booker Prize, Burger's Daughter, My Son's Story, None To Accompany Me, A World Of Strangers and The House Gun. Her collections of short stories include Something Out There, Jump and Loot. In 1991 she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. She lives in South Africa.