tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post3176187879584352621..comments2023-08-26T02:27:21.897-07:00Comments on Frisbee: A Book Journal: Nadine Gordimer's A World of StrangersFrisbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394353185610393979noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post-54864570062090770372012-10-23T03:19:55.311-07:002012-10-23T03:19:55.311-07:00by book's end, a year later in the story, afte...by book's end, a year later in the story, after his friend's arrest, the narrator had entered "the world of dispossession, where the prison record is a mark of honor, exile is home, and family a committee of protest".<br /><br />Remarkable that after Apartheid's only decade earlier start, how clearly his friends and eventually himself, saw through the regime for what it was: "followers of Goebbels" (used by Gordimer much later), and believed (that's not the right word, because people don't need to "believe" in the rising of the sun come morning) that an equal society will one day become reality.zhaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14353325572641788305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post-46151075383346417692011-01-15T17:36:51.577-08:002011-01-15T17:36:51.577-08:00I did love The Conservationist, but I read it long...I did love The Conservationist, but I read it long ago. I'm more interested in her fiction than I used to be. Some of it seemed too political to me when I was younger.Frisbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394353185610393979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post-46897497226883246402011-01-15T15:29:13.655-08:002011-01-15T15:29:13.655-08:00I'm reading Gordimer's The Conservationist...I'm reading Gordimer's The Conservationist for book club right now. I'm only fifty pages in and she's an excellent writer, but there is a warmth missing, I find. I'm going to finish it though. Enjoyed reading your review because Gordimer is on my mind right now.Vintage Readinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971819409379613967noreply@blogger.com