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Richly detailed and visionary, a brilliant reflection of a world that exists and an affirmation of faith in one that could be born (Time)
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Richly detailed and visionary, a brilliant reflection of a world that exists and an affirmation of faith in one that could be born (Time)
A moving, powerful book that, in a career rich with distinguished works, could well be considered her masterpiece (Publishers Weekly)
Gordimer writes with a relish that is sometimes wicked and an authority that seems absolute (The New Yorker)
A valiant, beautifully rendered attempt to do justice, its heart unbowed by the enormity of its burden (Boston Globe)
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- PublisherBloomsbury Paperbacks
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1408840480
- ISBN 13 9781408840481
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages448
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