Nadine Gordimer
My Son's Story
- ISBN 13:
- 9781250003751
- author:
- Nadine Gordimer
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Picador USA
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2012
- Pages:
- 256
- Dimensions:
- 20.9 x 14 x 2 cm
- Genre:
- Fiction,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Nadine Gordimer's My Son's Story is a powerful and poignant novel that explores the complexities of identity, loyalty, and betrayal in post-apartheid South Africa.
When Will encounters his father at a movie theater near Johannesburg, he is shocked to discover that this ordinary man has led a life of extraordinary secrets. As Will struggles to come to terms with his family's past, My Son's Story unravels the consequences of one man's infidelity and the violent emergence of a new South Africa.
This beautifully felt novel is both angry and compassionate, rich in its portrayal of the collision between public and private experience in a country still grappling with the legacy of apartheid. With unblinking candor, Gordimer sheds light on the truth of South Africa's tragedy, creating a story that is both lucid and achingly alive.
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