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...first three stories of “Beethoven Was One-sixteenth Black,” the newest collection of short fiction from prolific octogenarian author and Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer. The motley assembly of characters is only one aspect of the absence of internal logic that characterizes Gordimer??s most recent collection, an amalgam of 13 stories that previously appeared in periodicals ranging from “The New Yorker” to “Playboy.”Gordimer, who made her name writing about apartheid-era South Africa, laudably attempts to move beyond her nation?...
Gordimer was introduced by Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Margaret Marshall, who is a childhood friend of Gordimer??s from South Africa...
Previously, Gordimer used her numerous novels and short stories as a forum to speak against the now-defunct apartheid in her native South Africa. Her attacks were so controversial that some of her books were banned by South African authorities. As opposed to many of Gordimer??s earlier works, race is not a central issue in The Pickup. Instead, the importance of social class distinctions is threaded throughout the novel...
...Gordimer??s writing portrays an insincere love between the two main characters. Their connection is more sexual than anything else; their love is tainted by ulterior motives. Abdu likes that Julie comes from a higher class and that she has an influential father with a slew of connections who could help raise his status in the world. Julie likes the fact that her relationship with Abdu is a blatant defiance to convention...
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