Word: gordimerã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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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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