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    <body><![CDATA[Another wonderful book by Gordimer, I thought this was a seamlessly written gem.  Again Gordimer tells a riveting story,  creates fully drawn characters, brilliantly uses interior monologue and descriptive writing,   and at the same time inserts the insideousness of racism and the scars of apartheid...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38610302">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My dear friend Carrie lent me this book, which made me both elated (I love getting book recommendations!) and nervous (what if I didn't like it). My fears were totally groundless though - the book is awesome. I had only heard of Gordimer in the context of a long New York Review of Books article abou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46512457">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A young, black South African, who is playing hookey at a local cinema, runs into his father, a former school teacher and now an anti-apartheid political activist, in the company of a blond woman who is obviously his lover.  Thus begins a tale, told primarily by the son, of complex political and fami...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74290964">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Story about a well to do family in South Africa.  The father is a very respected, well known teacher.  He usually stays out of all that is going on, but one day he decides to walk with his students to a happening - students against police.  He says he can at least keep rocks out of their hands.  One...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30286414">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Gordimer tells the story of the Apartheid from an interesting perspective and places the social and political atmosphere of Apartheid South Africa as the background for one family's struggle with love, parenting, and social justice. A little dense at times, I needed to read some paragraphs more than...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52968792">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is about apartheid, about freedom, about broken families, about sacrifices, about 'cheating' in marriage, strength in weakness and despite weakness. I thought in new ways about the struggle for freedom in South Africa and the author's insights into infidelity in marriage resonated with me....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60417578">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked the premise of this story- a teenage boy who discovers his father's affair with a white woman during the time of apartheid in South Africa, but I just couldn't get into the politics of the story.  There were some slow places in this book, but overall a decent read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[There is wisdom in this book, per usual for Gordimer.  She understands family and revolution.  But I tired of Will's ferocity towards his cheating father, and the father's fierce attachment to his lover.  Maybe another time. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Third Nadine Gordimer book and I still can't decide what I think of her. Quote i like though (or paraphrase as book is not here with me where i am for internet: &quot;words, too, are stones.&quot; (re South Africa)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[wonderfully delicately weaving of love, lust, family, betrayal, and the struggle for freedom in apartheid South Africa. Classic Gordimer. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i need help on coming up wioth a thesis on this book, but first, what is the over-all theme of it and some quotes that supports it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am pleased to have given Nadine Gordimer another chance.<br/>Excellent, thought provoking writing. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An AMAZING book.]]></body>
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