“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.
Who is Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami is the award winning and best selling author of six books.
What books has Laila Lalami written?
Laila has written the novels, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, The Moor's Account, The Other Americans, and The Dream Hotel.
What awards has Laila Lalami won?
Laila Lalami has won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, the Hurston-Write Legacy Award, a Guggenheim a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship, and a British Council Fellowship. Her work has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award.