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1	Julys People more books like this by Gordimer This volume is part of a new series of novels, plays and stories at GCSE/Key Stage 4 level, designed to meet the needs of the National Curriculum syllabus. Each text includes an introduction, pre-reading activities, notes and coursework activities. Also provided is a section on the process of writing, often compiled by the author. South Africa is ... see all copies from £1.55! new only from £7.59! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	My Son's Story more books like this by Nadine Gordimer This novel combines a passionate love story and a haunting portrayal of contemporary South Africa. It describes what it is really like to live a life determined by the struggle to be free. Nadine Gordimer's other books include "The Conservationist", "Burger's Daughter," and "July's People". see all copies from £1.38! new only from £5.55! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Pickup more books like this by Nadine Gordimer Who picked up whom? Is the pickup the illegal immigrant desperate to evade deportation to his impoverished desert country? Or is the pickup the powerful businessman's daughter trying to escape a privileged background she despises? When Julie Summers' car breaks down in the sleazy street where she meets her Retro-Sixties friends, a young Arab ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £2.04! \| first editions
4	Sport of Nature more books like this by Nadine Gordimer This novel is about Hellela, a Jewish South African girl abandoned by her parents. Stretching from the turbulent 1960s this book goes from the beaches of West Africa to the slums of London, and from Washington to the presidential palace of an African nation. see all copies from £1.38! new only from £14.52! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Conservationist more books like this by Gordimer First published 31 Oct 1974 see all copies from £2.13! new only from £5.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Burgers Daughter more books like this by Nadine Gordimer In this work, Nadine Gordimer unfolds the story of a young woman's slowly evolving identity in the turbulent political environment of present-day South Africa. Her father's death in prison leaves Rosa Burger alone to explore the intricacies of what it actually means to be Burger's daughter. see all copies from £1.38! new only from £5.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Jump and Other Stories more books like this by Nadine Gordimer The stories in this collection of fiction take us to places as far apart as suburban London, Mozambique, a mythical island, and South Africa. Together they form a portrait of life as it is lived now, at the end of the 20th century. see all copies from £1.38! new only from £3.11! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Get a Life more books like this by Nadine Gordimer In this novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer, a man's treatment for cancer leads to an emotional upheaval for himself and his family. Having spent his career defending the earth against pollution, ecologist Paul Bannerman himself becomes a contaminant when his thyroid cancer requires radiation therapy. Unwilling to expose his young ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £2.15! \| first editions
9	None to Accompany Me more books like this by Nadine Gordimer Gordimer tells the story of two couples, one white, one black, whose relationships evolve as their homeland, South Africa, heads toward majority rule. At the center is Vera Stark, a woman whose internal world reflects the changing political landscape of her country. This is a complex portrait of a society and its people in transition. see all copies from £2.00! new only from £5.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Beethoven Was One-Sixteenth Black: And Other Stories more books like this by Nadine Gordimer In this collection of new stories, Gordimer crosses the frontiers of politics, memory, sexuality, and love with the fearless insight that is the hallmark of her writing. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £11.16!
11 view cover	Jump and Other Short Stories more books like this by Nadine Gordimer Set in London, Mozambique and South Africa, these are stories about the dynamics of family life, the ironies and contradictions of an oppressive racist society in the midst of political upheavel, and the worldwide confusion of human values. see all copies from £3.54! new only from £5.54!
12 view cover	A World of Strangers more books like this by Nadine Gordimer Nadine Gordimer's second novel (1958) explores the difficulties and rewards of encounters between blacks and whites in her native South Africa at the height of apartheid. see all copies from £2.06! new only from £8.12! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Telling Tales more books like this by Nadine Gordimer (Editor) All proceeds from this anthology will go to the Treatment Action Campaign, a non-profit organization whose funds are used entirely for the treatment and support of people suffering from HIV and AIDS. The collection features Woody Allen, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Arthur Miller, Paul Theroux and John Updike. see all copies from £1.38! new only from £2.15! \| first editions
14 view cover	The Heinemann Book of Contemporary African Short Stories more books like this by Ben Okri, Nadine Gordimer (Adapted by), C L Innes Capturing the diversity of African writing from across the continent, this important anthology draws together well-established authors and the best of new writers. From the harsh realities of South Africa, elegantly described by Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer, to the fantastic world of Booker Prize winner Ben Okri and from the magic realism ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £9.39!
15 view cover	House Gun more books like this by Nadine Gordimer How else can you defend yourself against losing your hi-fi equipment, your TV set and computer, your watch and rings? A house gun, like a house cat; that is a fact of ordinary life in many cities of the world as we come to the end of the twentieth century, especially in South Africa. At this time the successful, respected executive director of an ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £5.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Gordimer: Selected Stories more books like this by Nadine Gordimer Like most of Gordimer's short fiction, the stories in this volume are about the various ways--change, acceptance, avoidance--in which individuals cope with the society they live in. see all copies from £3.58! new only from £31.88!
17	Lying Days more books like this by Nadine Gordimer A sensitive portrayal of the emergence of a young girl into womanhood in a profoundly divided society. Helen Shaw passes the first 17 years or her life in the white community of South Africa. But it takes a passionate love affair to give her the strength to finally defy her parents. see all copies from £1.38! signed copies \| first editions
18	A Soldiers Embrace more books like this by Nadine Gordimer These 13 very short stories are set in South Africa, past and present. Like most of Gordimer's short fiction, they are about the various ways--change, acceptance, avoidance--in which individuals cope with the society they live in. see all copies from £1.38! first editions
19 view cover	Loot and Other Stories more books like this by Nadine Gordimer Ten stories by Nadine Gordimer, including "Mission Statement," which is about the ghosts of colonialism, and "Homage," in which an assassin visits the grave of his victim. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £5.54! \| first editions
20 view cover	Writing and Being more books like this by Nadine Gordimer In this deeply resonant book, Gordimer examines the tension for a writer between life's experiences and narrative creations. She asks first, where do characters come from - to what extent are they drawn from real life? We are touching on this question whenever we insist on the facts behind the fiction Gordimer suggests, and here she tries to ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £1.38! \| first editions
21 view cover	Something Out There more books like this by Nadine Gordimer Originally published in 1979 as part of a collection of short stories, this is about a white couple and two black revolutionaries in Johannesberg. The story is set in a suburb which is in the grip of rumours of a strange creature said to be roaming among them. see all copies from £1.38! new only from £5.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
22	Not for Publication by Nadine Gordimer see all copies from £7.76! first editions
23 view cover	A Guest of Honour more books like this by Nadine Gordimer Larger in scope than her earlier work, this long novel is set against the minutely observed background of an unnamed, newly independent African country. The hero, a white liberal named James Bray, returns from exile and is disillusioned by the corruption and greed of the postcolonial government; when he speaks out, he is killed. The novel is often ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £15.20! \| first editions
24 view cover	The Essential Gesture: Writing, Politics and Places more books like this by Nadine Gordimer Selected from over 160 titles this is an anthology of non-fiction writings by one of South Africa's most respected writers and author of the Booker Prizewinner "The Conservationist". She also wrote "Burger's Daughter", "July's People" and "A Sport of Nature". The editor of this collection explains in his introduction that the essays illustrate the ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £7.03! \| signed copies \| first editions
25	Friday's Footprint by Nadine Gordimer see all copies from £10.40! signed copies \| first editions

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