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South Africa · South AfricaListed in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer’s Burger’s People (1979) is a superb novel about the collateral damage to family members of activists. But, from our vantage point as readers in the 21st century, knowing just how long it took for apartheid to be dismantled in South Africa, and […]Read Article
Burger’s Daughter (1979), by Nadine Gordimer

United States · United StatesToday, booklovers among us learned of the sudden death of Tony from Tony’s Book World. Over the years Tony made an enormous contribution to literature by sharing his wise and thoughtful reviews of literature from all over the world. On his About page, he wrote that his ambition was ‘to create a United States book […]Read Article
Vale to Tony, from Tony’s Book World

Australia · AustraliaA Piece of Red Cloth is said to be a ground-breaking work of historical fiction for two reasons: partly because of the way it has been written and partly because it is a story based on Australia’s pre-colonial history. This is the book description: It’s early in the wet season. A flock of crested terns […]Read Article