A World of Strangers

First US edition
(publ. Simon & Schuster)

A World of Strangers is a 1958 novel by South African novelist and Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer. The novel included mixed reviews, drawing criticism for its pedantic explanation of Gordimer's worldview.[1] The novel was banned in South Africa for 12 years.[2]

The novel's main plot focuses on depicting the divisions and boundaries that Apartheid and international capitalism create within South African society.[3] The novel thematically focuses on liberalism in South Africa and in the international community.[4]

References

  1. Ogungbesan, Kolawole (1980-04-01). "Reality in Nadine Gordimer's a world of strangers". English Studies. 61 (2): 142–155. ISSN 0013-838X. doi:10.1080/00138388008598039.
  2. Verongos, Helen T. (2014-07-14). "Nadine Gordimer, Novelist Who Took On Apartheid, Is Dead at 90". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
  3. Gray, Stephen (1988). "Gordimer's" A World of Strangers" as Memory". ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature. 19 (4).
  4. Clingman, Stephen (1996). "Nadine Gordimer (review)". MFS Modern Fiction Studies. 42 (4): 906–908. ISSN 1080-658X. doi:10.1353/mfs.1995.0156.

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