Nadine Gordimer's first novel, published in 1953, tells the story of Helen Shaw, daughter of white middle-class parents in a small gold-mining town in South Africa. As Helen comes of age, so does her awareness grow of the African life around her. Her involvement, as a bohemian student, with young blacks leads her into complex relationships of emotion and action in a culture of dissension.
ISBN: | 9780747559931 |
Publication date: | 7th October 2002 |
Author: | Nadine Gordimer |
Publisher: | Bloomsbury |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 376 pages |
Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |