July's People
Registered by geishabird of Toronto, Ontario Canada on 12/3/2007
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
3 journalers for this copy...
For years, it had 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 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.
Published in 1981, this is Gordimer's vision of the end of apartheid in South Africa via violent revolution. It's a disturbing and subtle novel, probably not to everyone's taste - I personally like Nadine Gordimer's writing, but I'd never say that she's an "easy" read - but it's powerful and haunting, as much for what is left unsaid as for what is said outright.
Published in 1981, this is Gordimer's vision of the end of apartheid in South Africa via violent revolution. It's a disturbing and subtle novel, probably not to everyone's taste - I personally like Nadine Gordimer's writing, but I'd never say that she's an "easy" read - but it's powerful and haunting, as much for what is left unsaid as for what is said outright.
It's here and I look forward to reading it!
Found this one in my mailbox this afternoon. It is a 1001 book so, it shouldn't wait too long on the pile.
Journal Entry 4 by arugh48187 at Gingko Coffee Shop - Snelling And Minnehaha in Saint Paul, Minnesota USA on Thursday, June 1, 2017
Released 6 yrs ago (6/1/2017 UTC) at Gingko Coffee Shop - Snelling And Minnehaha in Saint Paul, Minnesota USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
This one has been in my possession for far too long. Sending it off into the world. Happy reading!
