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The Late Bourgeois World is a 1966 novella by Nadine Gordimer. The novel follows an egocentric White South African woman, as she negotiates a failing marriage, "half-hearted' love affairs and political intrigue. The novel was banned by the Censorship board in South Africa. Critical reception
- Nadine Gordimer
- 1966
The Late Bourgeois World is a very spare novel, really almost a long short story, in which race relations and interpersonal relations in apartheid South Africa are explored in the context of one woman's personal and political engagement.
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- Nadine Gordimer
The Late Bourgeois World is a novel set in the apartheid-era in South Africa, and is narrated from the point of view of Liz Van Den Sandt — a white woman whose socio-political revolutionary ex-husband drowns himself after embarassingly betraying his cause and becoming a state witness on the case. On one level, this book gives to us a portrait of this man through the shadows left of him in ...
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- Paperback
- Nadine Gordimer
by. Nadine Gordimer. The novel explores the personal and political turmoil of Liz Van Den Sandt, a white South African woman grappling with the aftermath of her ex-husband's suicide. Set against the backdrop of apartheid, Liz navigates her complex relationships and moral dilemmas, reflecting on her involvement in the anti-apartheid movement and ...
Liz Van Den Sandt's ex-husband, Max, an ineffectual rebel, has drowned himself. In prison for a failed act of violence against the government, he had betrayed his colleagues. Now Liz has been asked to perform a direct service for the Black Nationalist movement, at considerable danger to herself. Can she take such a risk in the face of Max's ...
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- 28 Mar 2013
The Late Bourgeois World. Paperback – 9 Dec. 1982. When her ex-husband commits suicide after the failure of his anti-government activities, Liz Van Den Sandt struggles to decide whether to become involved the South African Black nationalist movement.
- Paperback
- UNISA Press
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Feb 24, 1983 · The Late Bourgeois World. Paperback – February 24, 1983. When her ex-husband commits suicide after the failure of his anti-government activities, Liz Van Den Sandt struggles to decide whether to become involved in the South African Black nationalist movement. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more.
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