The Pickup
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (567 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0864865015 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Boy Meets Girl (actually Girl Meets Boy)" with contemporary South African/Arab twistsGoodbut not good to the last drop. John W. Shoemaker In many ways, it's basically a "Boy Meets Girl (actually Girl Meets Boy) story. And the girl could be easily summarized as a privileged starlet in her south African worldsemi slumming but in no real danger of not having all her needs met in life.What makes it interesting is how the aut. There might be something interesting if you can get past the drivel Truth be told, I really didn't like this story. On a couple of levels.First, the plot. I found Julie to be utterly insufferable. Every decision she makes is not real, it's just another way for her to do exactly what everyone else doesn't want her to do. At nearly 30, she's way too old . "Nadine Gordimer has done it again" according to laidler6. The Pickup is a thought provoking read touching on several topical issues of which one is the encounter between Western-style and Oriental/Islamic cultures. This cultural encounter is embedded in the relationship between the unlikely couple Abdu/Ibrahim and Julie, both escapees from th
With characteristic bravado, she reprises a character from her previous book, The House Gun, to show how some blacks are now faring in a reorganized South African society. Julie insists on marrying him and going with him, despite his fears that she does not understand how primitive conditions are in the desert town where his strict Muslim family lives. They clash, however, over his decision to try once again to gain entry into a country that discriminates against immigrants from his part of the world. From Publishers Weekly While Nobel Prize-winner Gordimer's trenchant fiction has always achieved universal relevance in capturing apartheid and its lingering ef
In a major departure from her previous novels, Gordimer steps onto new ground with a novel set in finely wrought milieux and redolent with conflict.. The Pickup, set in the social mix of the new South Africa and an Arab village in the desert, describes the rites of passage involved in emigration and immigration, where love can survive only if stripped of all certainties outside itself