Six Feet of the Country

Name: Six Feet of the Country
Brand: Goldsboro Books
SKU: 9B4-357-CFA
Price: 350.0 GBP
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Six Feet of the Country

by Nadine Gordimer

Publisher Gollancz

Genre: Short Stories

Publication date: January 1, 1956

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UK First Edition, First Printing

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Copy in very good condition, with some slight wear to the top and tails of the spine. Dust jacket is in also good condition with no tears just some staining towards the spine on rear

About the book

A collection of Short stories exploring life, love, and racial tension in South Africa, particularly focusing on the clash between idyllic rural life and the harsh realities of apartheid, as seen in the title story where a white farmer reluctantly helps a Black employee navigate bureaucracy to bury his brother, revealing deep-seated hypocrisy and the devastating impact of segregation on ordinary people.

About the Author

Nadine Gordimer

Nadine Gordimer was a South African writer and political activist. She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991, recognized as a writer "who through her magnificent epic writing has ... been of very great benefit to humanity".

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