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010 | _a53010813 | ||
020 | _a9780140233674 | ||
024 | _a30491951 | ||
050 | _aPR9369.3.G6 | ||
082 | _a823 | ||
100 | 1 | _aNadine Gordimer | |
245 | 1 | _aThe Lying Days | |
260 | _bPenguin Books | ||
300 | _a384 pages | ||
520 | _aNadine Gordimer's first novel, published in 1953, tells the story of Helen Shaw, daughter of white middle-class parents in a small gold-mining town in South Africa. As Helen comes of age, so does her awareness grow of the African life around her. Her involvement, as a bohemian student, with young blacks leads her into complex relationships of emotion and action in a culture of dissension. | ||
650 | _aHistorical Fiction | ||
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