July’s People (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Nadine Gordimer
- First Published: 1981
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Soon after 1980
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Family or family life, Politics, Blacks, Race, Revolutions, Future, Yards or backyards, 1980’s, Violence, South Africa or South Africans, Architecture or architects
- Locales: South Africa
Places Discussed
*South Africa. Nadine Gordimer’s homeland, a country in Southern Africa in which legal segregation, or apartheid, sanctioned racial inequality for decades. Although in reality apartheid was abolished when constitutional reforms led to democratic elections in 1994, Gordimer’s novel describes a time when a long-feared civil war between blacks and whites has erupted. Major airports have closed due to antiaircraft fire, and ports have been bombed or blockaded. Black revolutionaries have received arms and military assistance from Russia and Cuba. Volunteers from...
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