Jump and Other Stories

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Jump and Other Stories

Author	: Nadine Gordimer
File Size	: 50,5 Mb
Publisher	: A&C Black
Language	: English
Release Date	: 15 March 2012
ISBN	: 9781408832639
Pages	: 280 pages

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Jump and Other Stories by Nadine Gordimer Book PDF Summary

In this collection of sixteen stories, Gordimer brings unforgettable characters from every corner of society to life: a child refugee fleeing civil war in Mozambique; a black activist's deserted wife longing for better times; a rich safari party indulging themselves while lionesses circle their lodge. Jump is a vivid, disturbing and rewarding portrait of life in South Africa under apartheid.

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