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None to Accompany Me
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823
EAN: 9780140250398
ISBN: 0140250395
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: October 01, 1995
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Rating:  - Lost me
I could not get into this book at all. The method of writing was very hard to follow. I couldn't tell who was talking most of the time. If there were more than two people in a conversation, forget it. I often had to go back to the begin of the conversation and try to figure it out. There also seemed to be more detail about the "politics" of South Africa than I cared to know or be able to understand. Granted there may be some that would enjoy this, but it lost me. The only thing that ... Read More
Rating:  - ReInventing Notions of National Identity
Nadine Gordimer's novel None to Accompany Me was published in the same year of South Africa's first Democratic election. The fact that these events coincided is an important influence on interpretations of the novel because of the personal and political significance of the event in relation to Gordimer. A preoccupation with the conflicting political parties reverberates in the consciousness of the South African characters who populate the novel because of the radical nature of this changing government. ... Read More
Rating:  - Disappointing, in comparison with Gordimer's body of work
Having read the entire catalog of Gordimer's work, I find None to Accompany Me somewhat disappointing. While it had moments in which the reader could feel at one with the story's characters, I did not feel engaged by the story nor the insights Gordimer offers. Part of what makes Gordimer so appealing is her ability to put into words what most people just think and cannot articulate. As well, Gordimer puts fresh perspectives on various issues that make her work constantly thought-provoking. I felt a ... Read More
Rating: - Thought-provoking but not always compelling
I do not know quite what to make of Nadine Gordimer's 1994 novel None to Accompany Me. Gordimer, past winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, writes tellingly of her native South Africa, and of the uneasy relations between blacks and whites during the very recent past. This book tells the story of Vera, a middle-aged married white woman who is employed as a lawyer with a "liberal" organization dedicated to obtaining housing and land for the black majority. While Vera has "relationships" ... Read More
Rating:  - A very thought provoking novel.
As a class project I had to choose a book by a foreign author. I was recommended "None to Accompany Me" I started reading it as soon as I got it. At first I was terribly confused and bored with the book, but enjoying a challenge I stuck it through and completed the novel. After finishing it I realized I didn't fully understand the purpose of the struggles contained within the pages. I did understand the personal lives of Gordimers' characters but the politics threw me a loop. I now am beginning to realize ... Read More
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