gordimer profile

“Despite dozens of books and short stories chronicling the intimacy and complexity of human relations, Gordimer’s personality remains elusive. Long ago she was dubbed the symbol of South Africa’s restless white conscience and today, with apartheid a memory and Gordimer approaching her 80th birthday, that is what she remains – a symbol. Of the woman little is known. ”
The Guardian profiles Nadine Gordimer.

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