July's People

By: Nadine Gordimer

Published July 29th 1982 by Penguin Books (first published 1981)

Category: Biography

Pages: 160 pages

ISBN: 9780140061406

Description:
For years, it had been what is called a Òdeteriorating situation.Ó Now all over South Africa the cities are battlegrounds. The members of the Smales familyÑliberal whitesÑare rescued from the terror by their servant, July, who leads them to refuge in his village. What happens to the Smaleses and to JulyÑthe shifts in character and relationshipsÑgives us an unforgettable look into the terrifying, tacit understandings and misunderstandings between blacks and whites.

Nadine Gordimer was a winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature