Open House (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Nadine Gordimer
- First Published: 1969
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The late 1960's
- Setting: South Africa
- Principal Characters: Frances Taver, Robert Greenman Ceretti, Jason Madela, Edgar Xixo, Spuds Butelezi, A black African friend of Frances
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: Blacks, Government, South Africa or South Africans, Apartheid
- Locales: South Africa
The Story
Robert Greenman Ceretti has come to South Africa to learn “the truth” about the country. He wants to see more than the officially organized tour for visitors allows. In particular, he wants to talk directly with black Africans about how they experience apartheid. To arrange such a meeting, he telephones Frances Taver, one of the few “right white people” able to do so.
Frances has had a long history of friendship with black Africans. In the 1940's, she worked with them in the labor unions. When such unions were outlawed in the 1950's, she managed a...
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