Living in Hope and History: Notes from Our Century
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Book Overview
Internationally celebrated for her novels, Nadine Gordimer has devoted much of her life and fiction to the political struggles of the Third World, the New World, and her native South Africa. Living in... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0374189919
ISBN13:9780374189914
Release Date:January 1999
Publisher:Farrar Straus Giroux
Length:244 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"
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When it gets dark enough, you can see the stars.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
A compilation of essays by Ms. Gordimer not to be overlooked by those of us "burnt out" on societal issues...or even personal issues. A heartfull of optimism and honesty that I found refreshing. I read this while walking my daily treadmills at the gym after my daily treadmills at my job. Often feeling weary of life's struggles, I choose to look at others's woes for distraction (usually the newspaper). Reading her thoughts and essays I couldn't help but be inspired not only by her optimism and honesty and her unflagging belief and value in people, but also her analytic mind. She's obviously not afraid to think deeply about peoples and is not afraid to "get personal". I read the book late last year and will probably pick it up again or another of hers. I quit my 19 years of successful employment in the private sector and am now considering non-profit work, thanks to Ms. Gordimer and others like her.
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