{"product_id":"9781250003768","title":"Jump and Other Stories","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eJump and Other Stories\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Nadine Gordimer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJump and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e collects fifteen thematically and geographically wide-ranging tales from political activist and Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer, with settings ranging from suburban London to Mozambique.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith unflinching depictions of how South Africa's apartheid policies drove racial inequality, wartime atrocities, marital strife, and family struggles, Gordimer's stories feature characters coping with morality in unjust socieites--uncovering both the beauty and tragedy found in human interactions with each other and with the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A gallery of riveting tales . . . Gordimer's long and prolific career has left little doubt of her mastery of the art of fiction.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gordimer has rarely been more profound or more quietly brilliant than in these exquisitely subtle stories.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Readers of Ms. Gordimer's fiction know that the riveting details, the epiphanies scattered throughout the narrative that shock and surprise, function within a larger vision. This expansive vision, its moral power and artistic integrity, are what elevate her fiction above that of most of her contemporaries.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gordimer's stories are captivating, in the literal sense of holding in thrall the reader's entire attention. ” —\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250003768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40628130250958,"sku":"9781250003768","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_ade26b3d-2898-4b81-a18b-9774480a4cb3.jpg?v=1638757139","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250003768","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}