Word: question
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...question of relevance--how to capture the essence of one's country in a way meaningful to both the artist and his society--haunts South African writers today, Gordimer says. Writers who duck the visceral issue of apartheid find their work irrelevant to their society and in some larger sense to themselves. They are cut off from society, bereft...
Reaffirming this commitment has placed great political tensions on her. "When I'm asked a question, I'm afraid to answer honestly, in case it might not be good for me at home. We've talked about this"--glancing quickly at her son Hugo, a senior at Columbia--"one might lose a passport. You're playing it by ear all the time with shivers up the spine," she says calmly...
...understandable that Geoffrey would shy away from the awful truths about his father, but it's peculiar that at no time did a suspicious employer challenge Duke Wolff with a copy of the Yale Alumni Directory. No one bothered to question his patently phony credentials, because Wolff's devil-may-care lifestyle harmonized with American post-war values, which rated bravado far above competency. Both the child, Geoffrey Wolff, and the nation idolized men who--like Duke--"despised prudence, savings accounts, looks before leaps...
Baasie's hostility jolts Rosa from her comfortable daydream, forcing her to confront the question she has fled: whether to fight or capitulate. Rosa, the reluctant dissident, is not larger than life. She is not like her singleminded father, who chose his path without regrets or soul-searching. Rosa must find her own way to fight. Her heroism is more moving because it is more human, because her conflicts--both selfish and unselfish--mirror...
...makes more sense visually than verbally--vide: Wheels within wheels--but why bother? Barth, officious, is at your shoulder with an answer before you can ask the question...