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Romans, który nie miał prawa się wydarzyć.Laureatka Nagrody Nobla - Nadine Gordimer na kartach książki opowiada historię miłości pozornie niemożliwej. Młodej, białej kobiecie psuje się auto. Trafia do warsztatu, gdzie poznaje mechanika. Nawiązują znajomość, której skutki okażą się burzliwe i nieprzewidywalne, a każde z nich będzie stopniowo zmieniać swoje zdanie na temat drugiego. Do czego zmusić nas mogą niezwykłe okoliczności? Akcja powieści dzieje się w towarzyskich kręgach południowoafrykańskiego miasta i arabskiej wiosce na pustyni. ZNALEZIONY to historia o obrzędach przejścia, jakimi są doświadczenia emigracji, które miłość pokona tylko wtedy, gdy będzie istnieć nawet po odrzuceniu wszystkiego, co uznajemy w życiu za pewnik.Nowe spojrzenie na stare zagadnienia tożsamości, przynależności i prawa do poszukiwania lepszego życia. Żywiołowa, błyskotliwa, głęboko wzruszająca powieść.

A bold, sweeping story of one girl's rise from obscurity to an unpredictable kind of political powerAbandoned by her mother, Hillela is left to be raised by her two aunts in South Africa. At Olga's she might have acquired a taste for antiques and a style of dress to please a suitable husband. At Pauline's she might have developed a social conscience. But Hillela's betrayal of her position as a surrogate daughter so shocks both families that at seventeen she is cast adrift.Swiftly and perilously, her life opens out. She lives as a footloose girl among political exiles on a beach in East Africa, drifting between jobs and lovers, and finally becomes the wife of a black revolutionary. Personal tragedy is ultimately the catalyst for her political development, leading her into a heroic role in the overthrow of apartheid.

Jessie and Tom Stilwell keep open house. Their code is one of people determined to maintain the integrity of personal relations against the distortions of law and society.The impact on their home of Boaz Davis and his wife Ann, arrived from England, and Gideon Shibalo, the Stilwells' black friend, with whom Ann starts a love affair as her adventure with Africa, is dramatically concurrent with events involving Jessie's strange relationship with her mother and stepfather and her son from a previous marriage.Telling their story against the background of South Africa in the sixties, Nadine Gordimer speaks with unsurpassed subtlety and poignancy of individuals and the society in which they live.

At the heart of this story is an interracial couple, Steven and Jabulile, living in a 'free' South Africa. He is a university lecturer and she is a lawyer, both comrades in the Struggle and now parents of children born in freedom.

Die Erzählung steht am Beginn ihres Schaffens: Mit vierzehn veröffentlicht Nadine Gordimer ihre erste Kurzgeschichte, die erste Buchpublikation ist ein Erzählungsband. Während die Romane ihren Weltruf begründeten, hält Gordimer die Kurzgeschichte für die literarische Form unserer Zeit, immer wieder kehrt sie zu ihr zurück. »Erlebte Zeiten« bietet nun erstmals einen Querschnitt dieses großen Werkes, Erzählungen, die einen Bogen über sechs Jahrzehnte spannen. Die Prägnanz ihrer Sprache, ihr Auge fürs Detail, die konzisen Alltagsbeobachtungen zeichnen ihre Erzählungen von jeher aus, ihre Kunst, große Themen in knappen Bildern zu inszenieren, ist unvergleichlich. Auch das essayistische Werk nimmt eine besondere Stellung in Nadine Gordimers Werk ein. Genuin offenbart sich in »Bewegte Zeiten« ihre unerschrockene politische Haltung, ihr kompromissloses Streben nach Freiheit und Gerechtigkeit. Ob sie über Apartheid, Zensur, eine Kindheit in Südafrika, über das Sklavenstädtchen Banana, den Kongo oder über Nelson Mandela schreibt, in jeder Zeile schwingen Redlichkeit und große Menschlichkeit mit. Und nicht zuletzt zeigt sie sich, in Überlegungen zu dem Einfluss moderner Technologien auf das Schreiben, als moderne und verblüffend jung gebliebene Autorin. Eine Autorin, vor deren klaren Verstand, tiefer Menschenkenntnis und jugendlicher Kühnheit man sich verneigen muss.

"Superb...a series of masterly drawn glimpses into the storymaking art of one of Africa's great modern literary geniuses." -Alan Cheuse, NPR A selection of short stories written to date by Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer, Life Times reveals her acute understanding of human nature and paints a fascinatingly original portrait of South Africa. Whether focusing on politics, sexuality, race, love, or loss, Gordimer maps out the terrain of human relationships with razor-sharp psychological insight and a stunning lack of sentimentality. Complex and multifaceted, her stories challenge us, time and again, to examine the conflict between our actions and our unspoken desires. This powerful collection, which includes two new stories, is a testament to Gordimer's literary genius and the ongoing power and relevance of her vision.

Telling Times collects together all of Nadine Gordimer's non-fiction in one volume that bears witness to her moral and political engagement in many of the most crucial issues of the last half-century.

An extraordinary achievement, Telling Times reflects the true spirit of the writer as a literary beacon, moral activist, and political visionary.Few writers have been so much at the center of historical events as Nadine Gordimer. Telling Times, the first comprehensive collection of her nonfiction, bears insightful witness to the forces that have shaped the last half century. It includes reports from Soweto during the 1976 uprising, Zimbabwe at the dawn of independence, and Africa at the start of the AIDS pandemic, as well as illuminating portraits of Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, and many others. Committed first and foremost to art, Gordimer appraises the legacies of hallowed writers like Tolstoy, Proust, and Conrad, and engages vigorously with contemporaries like Achebe, Said, and Soyinka. No other writer has so consistently evoked the feel of Africa"its landscapes, cities, and people"through a remarkable range of travel writing from Tanzania, Egypt, and along the Congo River. Telling Times is an extraordinary summation from a writer whose enduring courage and commitment to human freedom have made her a moral compass of her time.