Nadine Gordimer
- ISBN-10
- 052147549X
- ISBN-13
- 9780521475495
- Series
- Nadine Gordimer
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 242
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994-11-10
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Dominic Head
Description
Discusses Gordimer's distinctive contribution to twentieth-century fiction, and to literature that opposes/challenges apartheid.
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- 2012-03-23
- 192 pages
- Paperback
- Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd
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