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Nobel Prize–Winning Author: Fifteen thematically and geographically wide-ranging tales with settings spanning from suburban London to Mozambique.

“A gallery of riveting tales. . . . Gordimer's long and prolific career has left little doubt of her mastery of the art of fiction.” ―The Washington Post Book World

With unflinching depictions of how South Africa's apartheid policies drove racial inequality, wartime atrocities, marital strife, and family struggles, Nadine Gordimer's stories feature characters coping with morality in unjust societies—uncovering both the beauty and tragedy found in human interactions with each other and with the natural world.

“Gordimer has rarely been more profound or more quietly brilliant than in these exquisitely subtle stories.” ―Publishers Weekly

“Readers of Ms. Gordimer's fiction know that the riveting details, the epiphanies scattered throughout the narrative that shock and surprise, function within a larger vision. This expansive vision, its moral power and artistic integrity, are what elevate her fiction above that of most of her contemporaries.” ―The New York Times Book Review

“Gordimer's stories are captivating, in the literal sense of holding in thrall the reader's entire attention.” ―Chicago Tribune