Etreinte d'un soldat (l')

Quelque chose, la-bas

Liz Van Den Sandt's ex-husband, Max, an ineffectual rebel, has drowned himself. In prison for a failed act of violence against the government, he had betrayed his colleagues. Now Liz has been asked to perform a direct service for the black nationalist movement, at considerable danger to herself. Can she take such a risk in the face of Max's example of the uselessness of such actions? Yet... how can she not?

Feu le monde bourgeois

After being abandoned by her mother, Hillela was pushed onto relatives where she was taught social graces. But when she betrayed her position as surrogate daughter, she was cast adrift. Later she fell into a heroic role in the overthrow of apartheid.

Un Caprice de la Nature

Modern fictionPost-apartheid novel that has been selected as recommended reading for the National Curriculum from September 2000. Described in The Observer as "a beautifully manipulated work of art".

Burger's Daughter

« Jadis il y avait des Noirs, les pauvres diables, qui voulaient être blancs. Maintenant il y a un Blanc, pauvre diable, qui se revendique noir. Il s'agit du même secret. »  Avec ces nouvelles publiées dans l'Afrique du Sud des années 2000, Nadine Gordimer explore les zones d'ombre de la comédie sociale. Un professeur d'université, ancien militant, décontenancé par les luttes de l'après-apartheid, part en quête des traces de son arrière-grand-père, négociant en diamants. Une femme frivole manifeste contre toute attente des talents d'aventurière durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Un perroquet, aux allures inoffensives, devient la mémoire de l'histoire. Autant de secrets révélés, de souffrances qui prennent, sous la plume tchékhovienne de Nadine Gordimer, un caractère universel.

Beethoven avait un seizième de sang noir

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.

Jump and other stories

Rosa Burger grew up in a home under constant surveillance by the South African government. Her parents were detained for their political beliefs; her father died in prison, and her mother, whose health suffered from her time in jail, eventually dies. Rosa, a white South African in her early 20s, is left the only surviving member of her family. Yet even after her parents' deaths, the history of their anti-apartheid beliefs and practices have a daily impact on her life: it seems everyone has expectations of her and the government is still watching. A quiet, private person, Rosa constantly searches her memories to find herself, to grasp this heritage that weighs her down. Over a period of several years Rosa comes to understand the impact of the South African political climate on her and how she became who she is. The narrative style varies from straightforward storytelling to Rosa's most personal thoughts. In Burger's Daughter, Nobel Prize-winner Nadine Gordimer takes a situation most read about in newspapers and makes it real, creating a memorable story of coming to terms with circumstances over which we have little control, yet which directly affect our lives. --Holly Smith

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