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The Resource Life times : stories, 1952-2007, Nadine Gordimer

Life times : stories, 1952-2007, Nadine Gordimer

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Summary
A collection of short fictional works offers insight into the author's use of rich language to convey themes ranging from politics and sexuality to race and family life, in a volume that includes such pieces as "Friday's Footprint" and "Something Out There."
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First American edition
Extent
549 pages
Contents
  • Soft voice of the serpent
  • The amateurs
  • Six feet of the country
  • Face from Atlantis
  • Which new era would that be?
  • The smell of death and flowers
  • Not for publication
  • Through time and distance
  • A chip of glass ruby
  • Some Monday for sure
  • Friday's footprint
  • The bridegroom
  • Livingstone's companions
  • Why haven't you written?
  • Open house
  • A meeting in space
  • Rain-queen
  • Town and country lovers
  • A soldier's embrace
  • For dear life
  • Oral history
  • A lion on the freeway
  • At the rendezvous of victory
  • Letter from his father
  • Something out there
  • Once upon a time
  • The moment before the gun went off
  • The ultimate safari
  • A find
  • Loot
  • The generation gap
  • Look-alikes
  • The diamond mine
  • Tape measure
  • Dreaming of the dead
  • Beethoven was one-sixteenth black
  • Parking tax
  • Second coming
Isbn
9780374270537
Instance
Label
Life times : stories, 1952-2007
Title
Life times
Title remainder
stories, 1952-2007
Statement of responsibility
Nadine Gordimer
Title variation
Life times
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
A collection of short fictional works offers insight into the author's use of rich language to convey themes ranging from politics and sexuality to race and family life, in a volume that includes such pieces as "Friday's Footprint" and "Something Out There."
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Gordimer, Nadine
Dewey number
823/.914
Index
no index present
LC call number
PR9369.3.G6
LC item number
L54 2010
Literary form
fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
South Africa
Label
Life times : stories, 1952-2007, Nadine Gordimer
Instantiates
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Soft voice of the serpent -- The amateurs -- Six feet of the country -- Face from Atlantis -- Which new era would that be? -- The smell of death and flowers -- Not for publication -- Through time and distance -- A chip of glass ruby -- Some Monday for sure -- Friday's footprint -- The bridegroom -- Livingstone's companions -- Why haven't you written? -- Open house -- A meeting in space -- Rain-queen -- Town and country lovers -- A soldier's embrace -- For dear life -- Oral history -- A lion on the freeway -- At the rendezvous of victory -- Letter from his father -- Something out there -- Once upon a time -- The moment before the gun went off -- The ultimate safari -- A find -- Loot -- The generation gap -- Look-alikes -- The diamond mine -- Tape measure -- Dreaming of the dead -- Beethoven was one-sixteenth black -- Parking tax -- Second coming
Dimensions
24 cm.
Edition
First American edition
Extent
549 pages
Isbn
9780374270537
Isbn Type
(alk. paper)
Lccn
2010023403
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • ocn555656627
  • (OCoLC)555656627
Label
Life times : stories, 1952-2007, Nadine Gordimer
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Soft voice of the serpent -- The amateurs -- Six feet of the country -- Face from Atlantis -- Which new era would that be? -- The smell of death and flowers -- Not for publication -- Through time and distance -- A chip of glass ruby -- Some Monday for sure -- Friday's footprint -- The bridegroom -- Livingstone's companions -- Why haven't you written? -- Open house -- A meeting in space -- Rain-queen -- Town and country lovers -- A soldier's embrace -- For dear life -- Oral history -- A lion on the freeway -- At the rendezvous of victory -- Letter from his father -- Something out there -- Once upon a time -- The moment before the gun went off -- The ultimate safari -- A find -- Loot -- The generation gap -- Look-alikes -- The diamond mine -- Tape measure -- Dreaming of the dead -- Beethoven was one-sixteenth black -- Parking tax -- Second coming
Dimensions
24 cm.
Edition
First American edition
Extent
549 pages
Isbn
9780374270537
Isbn Type
(alk. paper)
Lccn
2010023403
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • ocn555656627
  • (OCoLC)555656627

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