Jump

These stories take the reader on journeys across cultures, from the war in Mozambique to the beaches of the South of France, from the affluent suburbs of Johannesburg to the back streets of London, over political territories from the Underground to revolution. Gordimer brings to life unforgettable characters from every corner of society, in a vivid, disturbing portrait of life in South Africa under apartheid.

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'Gordimer’s latest collection of short stories nimbly examines South Africa’s interweaving of the political and the personal, while coolly disregarding the comforts of cant. Empowered by a perfect ear and a formidable imaginative confidence, she offers an orchestra of strange narrative voices — a child refugee fleeing civil war in Mozambique; a black activist’s deserted wife waiting for better times; a white farmer responding to the death of his illegitimate black son — without once sounding a false note … a predictably intelligent and assured collection' —Zoe Heller, Independent on Sunday

'Marvellous … Nadine Gordimer doesn’t tell so much as uncloak' — Observer

'Gutsily modern … Gordimer is one of the greats. These stories are intellectual frighteners that always catch you, if not in the conscience, then in the heart' — Mail on Sunday

'Gordimer has rarely been more profound or more quietly brilliant than in these exquisitely subtle stories, whose power is equal to a thousand manifestos' — Publishers Weekly

'The tales in Jump are not committed to a specific political ideology but to the grand task of spiritual examination and social redemptino ... this expansive vision, its moral power and artistic integrity, is what elevates her fiction among that of most of her contemporaries' — New York Times Book Review