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Apartheid's impact on interracial relationships explored.

"July's People" could be a riveting read for you if you're intrigued by the complexities of human connections under extreme stress. Nadine Gordimer's sharp and insightful narrative plunges you into an alternate South African reality, scrutinizing the dynamics between a white family and their black servant during a revolutionary upheaval. Imagine the tension and the shifts in power – it's storytelling that turns historical what-ifs into compelling and provocative human drama.

  • Premio Grinzane Cavour Nominee for Narrativa Straniera (1985)
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July's People

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ISBN: 9780140061406
Authors: Nadine Gordimer
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date of Publication: 1982-07-29
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Literature, Classics, Race
Goodreads rating: 3.51
(rated by 7612 readers)

Description

For years, it had been what is called a “deteriorating situation.” Now all over South Africa the cities are battlegrounds. The members of the Smales family—liberal whites—are rescued from the terror by their servant, July, who leads them to refuge in his village. What happens to the Smaleses and to July—the shifts in character and relationships—gives us an unforgettable look into the terrifying, tacit understandings and misunderstandings between blacks and whites. Nadine Gordimer was a winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
 

Apartheid's impact on interracial relationships explored.

"July's People" could be a riveting read for you if you're intrigued by the complexities of human connections under extreme stress. Nadine Gordimer's sharp and insightful narrative plunges you into an alternate South African reality, scrutinizing the dynamics between a white family and their black servant during a revolutionary upheaval. Imagine the tension and the shifts in power – it's storytelling that turns historical what-ifs into compelling and provocative human drama.

  • Premio Grinzane Cavour Nominee for Narrativa Straniera (1985)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.