Synopses & Reviews
With her characteristic brilliance, Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer followsthe inner lives of characters confronted by unforeseen circumstances.
An earthquake offers tragedy and opportunity in the title story, exposing both an ocean bed strewn with treasure and the avarice of the town's survivors. "Mission Statement" is the story of a bureaucrat's idealism, the ghosts of colonial history, and a love affair with a government minister that ends astoundingly. And in "Karma," Gordimer's inventiveness knows no bounds: in five returns to earthly life, a disembodied narrator, taking on different ages and genders, testifies to unfinished business and questions the nature of existence.
Revelatory and powerful, these are stories that challenge our deepest convictions even as they dazzle us with their artful lyricism. as exact as ever.
Review
"Gordimer's meticulous charting of human weakness and self-deception is as exact as ever....Deeply exhilarating." Boston Globe
Review
"Gordimer is brilliant....Her stories are achingly beautiful."
Synopsis
With her characteristic brilliance, Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer follows the inner lives of characters confronted by unforeseen circumstances. An earthquake offers tragedy and opportunity in the title story, exposing both an ocean bed strewn with treasure and the avarice of the town?s survivors. ?Mission Statement? is the story of a bureaucrat?s idealism, the ghosts of colonial history, and a love affair with a government minister that ends astoundingly. And in ?Karma,? Gordimer?s inventiveness knows no bounds: in five returns to earthly life, a disembodied narrator, taking on different ages and genders, testifies to unfinished business and questions the nature of existence. Revelatory and powerful, these are stories that challenge our deepest convictions even as they dazzle us with their artful lyricism.
About the Author
Nadine Gordimer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991. She is the author of thirteen novels (most recently The Pickup) and nine volumes of stories.
Table of Contents
Loot and Other Sotries Loot
Mission Statement
Visiting George
The Generation Gap
L,U,C,I,E.
Look-alikes
The Diamond Mine
Homage
An Emissary
Karma
Notes