Gordimer Nadine Libros

Un hombre: Sonny, el marido, el amante, el padre y el personaje público en busca de un imposible compromiso con la Historia y consigo mismo. Dos mujeres: Aila, la esposa discreta, que sabe y no habla, que actúa en silencio y espera. Hannah, la mujer blanca, amante y amiga, solidaria en el dolor y siempre generosa. Tres vidas: El duro combate de Sonny, Aila y Hannah por defender la propia verdad ante la mirada fría y a menudo cruel de un adolescente -Will, el hijo- que asiste impotente al trágico espectáculo de la vida.

Escritora sudafricana nacida en Springs (1923). Si al principio su obra se centra en la comunidad judía en su país (MUNDO DE EXTRAÑOS), pronto desplaza su interés a los problemas interétnicos que se viven en su tierra. LOS COMPAÑEROS DE LIVINGSTONE (1971) reúne varios relatos en los que están presentes sus temas favoritos. En 1991 recibió el Premio Nobel de Literatura. Componen esta libro: -LOS COMPAÑEROS DE LIVINGSTONE -LA CASA DE INKALAMU -CONFLUENCIA EN EL ESPACIO -ÁFRICA EMERGENTE

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Presents a collection of non fiction essays, articles, and appreciations of fellow writers. This work examines the author's evidence of the inequities of Apartheid as she saw them in 1959, her shocking account of the bans on literature still in effect in the mid-1970s, through to South Africa's emergence in 1994 as a country free at last. schovat popis

"Superb...a series of masterly drawn glimpses into the storymaking art of one of Africa's great modern literary geniuses." -Alan Cheuse, NPR A selection of short stories written to date by Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer, Life Times reveals her acute understanding of human nature and paints a fascinatingly original portrait of South Africa. Whether focusing on politics, sexuality, race, love, or loss, Gordimer maps out the terrain of human relationships with razor-sharp psychological insight and a stunning lack of sentimentality. Complex and multifaceted, her stories challenge us, time and again, to examine the conflict between our actions and our unspoken desires. This powerful collection, which includes two new stories, is a testament to Gordimer's literary genius and the ongoing power and relevance of her vision.

Jessie and Tom Stilwell keep open house. Their code is one of people determined to maintain the integrity of personal relations against the distortions of law and society.The impact on their home of Boaz Davis and his wife Ann, arrived from England, and Gideon Shibalo, the Stilwells' black friend, with whom Ann starts a love affair as her adventure with Africa, is dramatically concurrent with events involving Jessie's strange relationship with her mother and stepfather and her son from a previous marriage.Telling their story against the background of South Africa in the sixties, Nadine Gordimer speaks with unsurpassed subtlety and poignancy of individuals and the society in which they live.

Telling Times collects together all of Nadine Gordimer's non-fiction in one volume that bears witness to her moral and political engagement in many of the most crucial issues of the last half-century.

An extraordinary achievement, Telling Times reflects the true spirit of the writer as a literary beacon, moral activist, and political visionary.Few writers have been so much at the center of historical events as Nadine Gordimer. Telling Times, the first comprehensive collection of her nonfiction, bears insightful witness to the forces that have shaped the last half century. It includes reports from Soweto during the 1976 uprising, Zimbabwe at the dawn of independence, and Africa at the start of the AIDS pandemic, as well as illuminating portraits of Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, and many others. Committed first and foremost to art, Gordimer appraises the legacies of hallowed writers like Tolstoy, Proust, and Conrad, and engages vigorously with contemporaries like Achebe, Said, and Soyinka. No other writer has so consistently evoked the feel of Africa"its landscapes, cities, and people"through a remarkable range of travel writing from Tanzania, Egypt, and along the Congo River. Telling Times is an extraordinary summation from a writer whose enduring courage and commitment to human freedom have made her a moral compass of her time.