Nadine Gordimer
- ISBN-10
- 0805723870
- ISBN-13
- 9780805723878
- Series
- Nadine Gordimer
- Category
- South Africa
- Pages
- 174
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1974
- Publisher
- Macmillan Reference USA
- Author
- Robert F. Haugh
Description
Nevertheless , even though Miss Gordimer is no Scott Fitzgerald or Norman Mailer , the vital facts of her life are of interest to the student of her writings . Nadine Gordimer was born November 20 , 1923 in Springs , a small mining town ...
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