Author : Nadine Gordimer
Publisher : New York : Viking Press
Release Date : 1980
ISBN :
Pages : 152 pages
Language : EN, FR, GB
Rating : 4.3/5 (91 users download)
Download or read book A Soldier's Embrace written by Nadine Gordimer and published by New York : Viking Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nadine Gordimer
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Release Date : 1982
ISBN :
Pages : pages
Language : EN, FR, GB
Rating : 4.:/5 (251 users download)
Download or read book A soldier's embrace written by Nadine Gordimer and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Release Date : 1979
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Pages : pages
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Download or read book Short Story Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Release Date : 1980
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Pages : 320 pages
Language : EN, FR, GB
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Download or read book AF Press Clips written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rebecca Fasselt
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2022-03-25
ISBN : 1000562409
Pages : 284 pages
Language : EN, FR, GB
Rating : 4.0/5 (5 users download)
Download or read book The Short Story in South Africa written by Rebecca Fasselt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-03-25 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers the key critical interventions on short story writing in South Africa written in English since the year 2000. The short story genre, whilst often marginalised in national literary canons, has been central to the trajectory of literary history in South Africa. In recent years, the short story has undergone a significant renaissance, with new collections and young writers making a significant impact on the contemporary literary scene, and subgenres such as speculative fiction, erotic fiction, flash fiction and queer fiction expanding rapidly in popularity. This book examines the role of the short story genre in reflecting or championing new developments in South African writing and the ways in which traditional boundaries and definitions of the short story in South Africa have been reimagined in the present. Drawing together a range of critical interventions, including scholarly articles, interviews and personal reflective pieces, the volume traces some of the aesthetic and thematic continuities and discontinuities in the genre and sheds new light on questions of literary form. Finally, the book considers the place of the short story in twenty-first century writing and interrogates the ways in which the short story form may contribute to, or recast ideas of, the post-apartheid or post-transitional. The perfect guide to contemporary short story writing in South Africa, this book will be essential reading for researchers of African literature.
Author : Nadine Gordimer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-03-15
ISBN : 1408832518
Pages : 288 pages
Language : EN, FR, GB
Rating : 4.4/5 (88 users download)
Download or read book My Son's Story written by Nadine Gordimer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A schoolboy playing truant bumps into his revered father coming out of the cinema with a woman. An ordinary mishap; but the father is no ordinary man, and the family, threatened by the affair, is no ordinary family. This is a passionate story; love between a man and two women, between father and son, and something even more demanding - a love of freedom. It is a highly intimate drama of personal conflict and public struggle in the evolutionary events that, at great cost to people like these, have brought about change in South Africa.
Author : Gareth Cornwell
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2010-04-13
ISBN : 0231503814
Pages : 288 pages
Language : EN, FR, GB
Rating : 4.2/5 (315 users download)
Download or read book The Columbia Guide to South African Literature in English Since 1945 written by Gareth Cornwell and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-13 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the outset, South Africa's history has been marked by division and conflict along racial and ethnic lines. From 1948 until 1994, this division was formalized in the National Party's policy of apartheid. Because apartheid intruded on every aspect of private and public life, South African literature was preoccupied with the politics of race and social engineering. Since the release from prison of Nelson Mandela in 1990, South Africa has been a new nation-in-the-making, inspired by a nonracial idealism yet beset by poverty and violence. South African writers have responded in various ways to Njabulo Ndebele's call to "rediscover the ordinary." The result has been a kaleidoscope of texts in which evolving cultural forms and modes of identity are rearticulated and explored. An invaluable guide for general readers as well as scholars of African literary history, this comprehensive text celebrates the multiple traditions and exciting future of the South African voice. Although the South African Constitution of 1994 recognizes no fewer than eleven official languages, English has remained the country's literary lingua franca. This book offers a narrative overview of South African literary production in English from 1945 to the postapartheid present. An introduction identifies the most interesting and noteworthy writing from the period. Alphabetical entries provide accurate and objective information on genres and writers. An appendix lists essential authors published before 1945.
Author : Andrew V. Ettin
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 1993
ISBN : 9780813914305
Pages : 172 pages
Language : EN, FR, GB
Rating : 4.9/5 (143 users download)
Download or read book Betrayals of the Body Politic written by Andrew V. Ettin and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He examines the connection between the personal and the political, showing that Gordimer has always seen the two as inseparable, and that her understanding of this relationship has developed profoundly during her career. Though the book is not biographical, it explores more fully than any preceding publication Gordimer's attitudes toward feminism and her connections with her Jewish background, thereby expanding our comprehension of her social context. Ettin includes a succinct overview of her career and devotes each of six chapters to a major theme, tracing and analyzing the themes as they recur in selected stories, novels, essays, and interview reflections, and as they have emerged in relation to circumstances of her own life. The author sees Gordimer's work as a tool not of propaganda but of understanding, a means of sharpening our perceptions of one another's lives.
Author : Robin Malan
Publisher : New Africa Books
Release Date : 2005
ISBN : 9780864866837
Pages : 262 pages
Language : EN, FR, GB
Rating : 4.8/5 (668 users download)
Download or read book Leaves to a Tree written by Robin Malan and published by New Africa Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection from writers: poets, playwrights, novelists, print journalists, radio journalists, TV scriptwriters who either edited English Alive or were originally published in English Alive.
Author : Luke Reynolds
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2009
ISBN : 0813546184
Pages : 238 pages
Language : EN, FR, GB
Rating : 4.8/5 (135 users download)
Download or read book Dedicated to the People of Darfur written by Luke Reynolds and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life's changes. They happen every day. Some large, some small. A few are very personal. Others impact the world. Dedicated to the People of Darfur: Writings on Fear, Risk, and Hope includes original and inspiring essays that celebrate the glories gained from taking risks, breaking down barriers, and overcoming any obstacles. Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, a gallery of O.Henry award recipients, and many best-selling authors come together to share personal and compelling challenges and experiences. From contemplations on past drug use to reflections on gun control, social justice, passion and its sacrifices, and adventures such as skydiving, mountain climbing, and golfing, the topics vary greatly. This kaleidoscopic anthology is a commentary on the lives of prominent literary artists and ordinary citizens who have made simple, yet powerful choices that provoked change in one's self and for humanityùmuch the same way that Luke and Jennifer Reynolds do by building this invaluable collection for readers and the world of human rights. Not too long ago, as struggling graduate students, Luke and Jennifer Reynolds conceived this uniquely themed volume as a way to raise funds to support ending the genocide in Darfur. Some people carry signs, others make speeches, many take action. What is most special about this book is that it extends beyond words and ideas, into a tangible effort to effect change. To this end, all royalties from the sales of Dedicated to the People of Darfur:Writings on Fear, Risk, and Hope will benefit The Save Darfur Coalition, an organization that seeks to end the genocide in Darfur, Sudan.
Author : Bonnie H. Neumann
Publisher : National Council of Teachers
Release Date : 1996
ISBN :
Pages : 301 pages
Language : EN, FR, GB
Rating : 4.4/5 (91 users download)
Download or read book Teaching the Short Story written by Bonnie H. Neumann and published by National Council of Teachers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores 175 short stories from 50 countries including information about the author and a synopsis of the story. Includes indexes on suggested comparisons -themes and literary devices.
Author : Nadine Gordimer
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2003-04-02
ISBN : 0374707464
Pages : 256 pages
Language : EN, FR, GB
Rating : 4.3/5 (747 users download)
Download or read book Loot written by Nadine Gordimer and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2003-04-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Masterly new fiction from the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature A startling new work: ten fictions, each a revelation of our interior lives, each entering unforeseen contexts of our contemporary world. In the title story, an earthquake exposes both an ocean bed strewn with treasure among the dead and the avarice of the town's survivors. In "The Diamond Mine," a woman recalls her youthful surreptitious sexual initiation, while she and her parents chauffeured a young soldier to his wartime embarkation. The anopleles mosquito brings death to the saunas and other playgrounds of the developed world in "The Emissary." "Mission Statement" is the story of a development agency official's idealism, the ghosts of colonial history, and a love affair with a government official that ends astoundingly. "The Generation Gap" turns the "gap" upside down when a father's bid for freedom shocks his adult children. In "Homage," one of Europe's aliens visits the grave of the politician he was paid to assassinate. In "Karma," Gordimer's inventiveness knows no bounds: in five returns to the earthly life, taking on different ages and genders, a disembodied narrator testifies to unfinished business--critically, wittily--and questions the nature of existence.
Author : Ed. Mohit K. Ray
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Release Date : 2007-09
ISBN : 9788126908325
Pages : 612 pages
Language : EN, FR, GB
Rating : 4.9/5 (83 users download)
Download or read book The Atlantic Companion to Literature in English written by Ed. Mohit K. Ray and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended To Serve The Academic Needs Of The Students Of English Literature, The Companion Is An Ultimate Literary Reference Source, Providing An Up-To-Date, Comprehensive And Authoritative Biographies Of Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Essayists, Journalists And Critics Ranging From Literary Giants Of The Past To Contemporary Writers Like Peter Burnes (1931-2004), Anthony Powell (1905-2000), Patrick O Brian (1914-2000), Iris Murdoch (1919-1999), Grace Nicholas (1950- ) And Douglas Adams (1952-2001). Over The Last Few Decades English Literary Canon Has Become Relatively More Extensive And Diverse. In Recognition Of The Significance Of The New Literatures In English, Special Emphasis Has Been Given On The Writers Of These Literatures. In Addition, The Indian Writers Writing In English Have Been Given A Prominent Place In The Book, Thereby Making It Particularly Useful For The Students Of Indian English Literature. The Companion Is Unique Of Its Kind As It Gives A Broad Outline Of The Story And Not Merely A Brief Account Of The Plot Structure Of A Literary Work So As To Enable The Students To Have A Fairly Good Idea Of The Story. Likewise, Before Getting Down To The Writings Of An Author, The Companion Provides An Invaluable And Authoritative Biographical Note Believing That An Author S Biography Facilitates Proper Understanding Of His/Her Contributions.On Account Of Its Clear And Reliable Plot Summaries And Descriptive Entries Of Major Works And Literary Journals And Authentic Biographical Details, The Companion Is A Work Of Permanent Value. It Is Undoubtedly An Indispensable And Path-Breaking Handy Reference Guide For All Those Interested In Literatures In English Produced In The United Kingdom, The United States, Canada, Australia, Africa, The Caribbean, India And Other Countries.
Author : Nadine Gordimer
Publisher : A&C Black
Release Date : 2012-03-15
ISBN : 1408832968
Pages : 208 pages
Language : EN, FR, GB
Rating : 4.4/5 (88 users download)
Download or read book July's People written by Nadine Gordimer and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Nadine Gordimer
Publisher : A&C Black
Release Date : 2005-11-21
ISBN : 0747578249
Pages : 338 pages
Language : EN, FR, GB
Rating : 4.7/5 (475 users download)
Download or read book The Conservationist written by Nadine Gordimer and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2005-11-21 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prize-winning story of the forces and relationships seething in the South Africa of the day.
Author : Glynn Harrison
Publisher : Inter-Varsity Press
Release Date : 2017-01-19
ISBN : 1783594519
Pages : 173 pages
Language : EN, FR, GB
Rating : 4.7/5 (835 users download)
Download or read book A Better Story written by Glynn Harrison and published by Inter-Varsity Press. This book was released on 2017-01-19 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The architects of the sexual revolution won over the popular imagination because they knew the power of story. They drew together radical new ideologies, often complex and hard to grasp, and melded them into the simpler structure of narrative. Crucially, they cast narratives that appealed to the moral instincts of ordinary, decent people. This moral vision overwhelmed the church and silenced its faltering apologists. The author argues that if Christians still believe they have have good news in the sphere of sexual ethics, then two big tasks lie ahead. Our first priority is to work out what has gone so badly wrong, both in our understanding and application of what the Bible teaches and the way we have presented our case to the non-churched. And then we must offer a better story, one that fires the imagination with such force that people will say, 'I want that to be true.' This book offers a confident, biblically rooted moral vision which needs to be shared with prayer and courage.
Author : Brenna M. Munro
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2012
ISBN : 0816677689
Pages : 375 pages
Language : EN, FR, GB
Rating : 4.8/5 (166 users download)
Download or read book South Africa and the Dream of Love to Come written by Brenna M. Munro and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncovers the story of how the politics of queer sexuality have played out in the struggle for multiracial democracy in South Africa
