Book description
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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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'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
P>>
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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