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The award to Nadine Gordimer of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991 was an affirmation of her distinctive contribution to twentieth-century fiction and to the creation of a literature that challenges apartheid. In this study, which may be used as an introduction as well as by those already familiar with Gordimer's work, Dominic Head discusses each of her novels in detail, paying close attention to the texts both as a reflection of events and situations in the real world, and as evidence of her constant rethinking of her craft. Head shows how Gordimer's concerns, apparent in her earliest novels, are developed through increasing stress on the politics of textuality; and he pursues the implications of this development to consider how Gordimer's later work contributes to postmodernist fiction, and to a recentering of political engagement in an era of uncertainty.

African literature --- Gordimer, Nadine --- Politics and literature --- Women and literature --- Postmodernism (Literature) --- Politique et littérature --- Femmes et littérature --- Postmodernisme (Littérature) --- History --- Histoire --- Criticism and interpretation. --- South Africa --- Afrique du Sud dans la littérature --- In literature --- --History --- Gordimer, Nadine, --- Criticism and interpretation --- 820 "19" GORDIMER, NADINE --- -Postmodernism (Literature) --- -Women and literature --- -Experimental fiction --- -Avant-garde fiction --- Fiction --- Literature, Experimental --- Literature --- Literary movements --- Literature, Modern --- Modernism (Literature) --- Post-postmodernism (Literature) --- Literature and politics --- Engelse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999--GORDIMER, NADINE --- -History --- -History and criticism --- Political aspects --- -Гордимер, Надин --- גורדימר, נדין --- Cassirer, Nadine Gordimer --- Gkorntimer, Nantin --- Godimŏ, Nadin --- In literature. --- -Engelse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999--GORDIMER, NADINE --- -Criticism and interpretation --- 820 "19" GORDIMER, NADINE Engelse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999--GORDIMER, NADINE --- Politique et littérature --- Femmes et littérature --- Postmodernisme (Littérature) --- Afrique du Sud dans la littérature --- Experimental fiction --- History and criticism --- Гордимер, Надин --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Politics and literature - South Africa - History - 20th century --- Postmodernism (Literature) - South Africa --- Gordimer, Nadine, - 1923- - Criticism and interpretation --- South Africa - In literature --- History and criticism. --- Gordimer, Nadine, - 1923 --- -South Africa