Something Out There (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Nadine Gordimer
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The 1980's
- Setting: Johannesburg, South Africa, and its suburbs
- Principal Characters: Joy, Charles, Vusi, Eddie, Mrs. Naas (Hester) Klopper
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: Politics, Blacks, Criticism, South Africa or South Africans, Apartheid
- Locales: Johannesburg, South Africa
The Story
A strange, apelike creature is terrorizing the affluent white suburbs of Johannesburg, South Africa. It strikes at night, killing and maiming pets and frightening the many citizens who have seen it. Only young Stanley Dobrow has tried to photograph it, but the photograph turned out badly, revealing only some movement in the treetops. The bizarre happenings occasion much speculation and many letters to the editors of the white newspapers. It is a novel news story and a welcome one, providing as it does relief from the usual depressing fare: labor strikes, student...
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