Gordimer, Nadine (Vol. 3) - Gordimer, Nadine 1923–
Gordimer, Nadine 1923–
Ms. Gordimer is a South African novelist and short story writer whose novel A Guest of Honour, in its scope and optimistic viewpoint, marks a departure from her earlier novelistic studies of troubled interrelationships and tension in modern South Africa. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 5-8, rev. ed.)
[A] writer employing the Jewish motif to advantage is Nadine Gordimer, who remains one of the few internationally known South African writers still living in the Republic of South Africa…. Her work bears the air of the compassionate observer rather than the passionate protestant, and it is filled with the themes of understanding, forgiveness, and adjustment. Miss Gordimer is probably the most skillful of the writers now recording the abortive attempts of middle-class whites and poor blacks to respect each other's values. She has set down in lyric tones the plight and frustration of Johannesburg people whose...
[The entire page is 1144 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
Navigate
Related Topics
