Selected Stories (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Nadine Gordimer
- First Published: 1975
- Type of Work: Short Stories
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction, Political fiction, Character study
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Politics, Racism, Blacks, Social issues, Oppression, South Africa or South Africans, Apartheid
Form and Content
Selected Stories includes an introduction by Gordimer and thirty-one stories written between 1943 and 1973, selected by Gordimer from her five previously published short-story collections: The Soft Voice of the Serpent (1951), Six Feet of the Country (1956), Friday’s Footprint (1960), Not for Publication (1965), and Livingstone’s Companions (1972). Selected Stories presents from five to eight stories from each previously published collection, always including the title story. Arranged chronologically, this...
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