Town and Country Lovers (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Nadine Gordimer
- First Published: 1980
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The recent past
- Setting: Johannesburg and Middleburg, South Africa, and its environs
- Principal Characters: Dr. Franz-Josef von Leinsdorf, A South African mulatto girl, Paulus Eysendych, Thebedi, Njabulo
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: Racism, Love or romance, Interracial relationships, Criticism, South Africa or South Africans, Apartheid
- Locales: Johannesburg, South Africa, Middleburg, South Africa
The Story
When published first in The New Yorker (on October 13, 1975), this story was entitled “City Lovers”; the second part was added for publication in A Soldier's Embrace (1980). The two parts are quite discrete stories, connected only by the central theme.
Part 1 gives a detailed account of the professional and cultural background of Dr. Franz-Josef von Leinsdorf, who has worked in Peru, New Zealand, and the United States in a senior, though not executive capacity, for companies interested in mineral research; his special interest is underground...
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