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July's People, My Son's Story and Jump and Other Stories
July's People My Son's Story and Jump and Other Stories Author:Nadine Gordimer In this volume are three essential works by Nadine Gordimer, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature: the novel considered her masterpiece, July's People; My Son's Story and her short story collection, Jump and Other Stories. — Nadine Gordimer was born in 1923 in Springs, Transvaal, South Africa. Staunchly anti-apartheid, Gordimer protests t... more »he prohibitive policies of the South African government in all of her work. Her focus on how apartheid affects individuals caused three of her novels to be banned in her native country for several years. Besides the Nobel Prize, Gordimer has been awarded the Malaparte Prize from Italy, the Nelly Sachs Prize from West Germany, the Scottish Arts Council's Neil Gunn Fellowship, and the Grand Aigle d'Or, the French international award.« less