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like politics, experimental writing, breaking down academic jargon to the bare necessities, candid displays of brutality and bodily functions of the
female sort, and complete and utter lack of book-bound solutions for book-invoked problems. An older Flora, as she did some 15 years earlier, is
waiting at a women's prison to bring goods to Rosa and other women prisoners. He role is imprinted on her. The dialogue, the political events,
even the characters' motivations. Pages Summary At the beginning of the story, Rosa Burger is a year-old school girl whose mother has just been
arrested. I couldn't fall into any kind of rhythm or flow. Burger's Daughter - Nadine Gordimer. Rosa was a great character, not necessarily
because she is likable but because she isn't always likable. It was difficult to follow, and Conrad While I can certainly appreciate Nadine
Gordimer's talent, it was not a pleasant experience to read this novel. Recently I saw the book on a used bookshelf and challenged myself to read
it again. Even the dialogue became tedious as irregular punctuation obscured the sequence of speakers. When the hunger ended and the
kwashiorkor was wiped out as malaria was in the colonial era, when there were no rents extorted and no privately-owned mansions and cosy
white bungalows, no white students in contemplative retreat where blacks could not live; when the people owned the means of production of gold,
diamonds, uranium, copper and coal, all the mineral riches that had rolled to the bottom of the sack of Africa one would be left with that. The
kind of education the children've rebelled against is evident enough; they can't spell and they can't formulate their elation and anguish. It's a much
more quiet and slow story. But the stream of consciousness had me reading in circles. I'm guessing the choice of styles is supposed to dramatize
the conflict between a unique and individualized interiority expressed through the romantic linguistic style and a social movement that can't take
such individualism into account. If the Director of Public Health and Hygiene can get rid of them he will have done a great service to the health and
economy of the nation - not to mention his own promotion prospects. The novel tells the story of a young White woman growing up in apartheid
South Africa. This book is a masterpiece. Until I read this novel, years ago, I had very simplistic views of South Africa. Lists with This Book.
There are parts of the book relevant to today's politics that I found frightening, discouraging and depressing. Jun 10, Constance Devanthery-Lewis
rated it it was amazing. It was fascinating as a work of historical fiction on apartheid-era South Africa, and as a character sketch of someone who
was born into the upper echelons of White anti-apartheid society but who lacked her own strong convictions on the topic. A plan of military
precision is put into action to rid the streets of these verminous scroungers. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. How
does that feel? Burger's Daughter by Nadine Gordimer 1 6 Feb 28, It was real in that I knew it to be nonfiction but it didn't really exist in my mind.
View the Lesson Plans. It is the mids. Feb 23, Nana Fredua-Agyeman rated it really liked it Shelves: May 09, Michelle rated it it was ok Shelves:
Death is not an equalizer so long as history chooses the heroes. Your mother was a white woman. Too many compound complex sentences that
don't go anywhere! One of those eager souls who see no contradiction in their protest that they are not at all 'political' but would like to do
something effectivesomething less self-defeating than charity, for what euphemism being their natural means of expression they call 'race
relations'. Her books are very political, but they do not preach or force her opinion on you. This seems to be acceptable to Rosa, since the people
she meets in France are fairly liberal about their social arrangements. Justice, equality, the brotherhood of man, human dignity but it will still be
there, I looked away everywhere from the bench and saw it still, when at last I had seen it once. Considering her quest for self-discovery
is what anchors this novel, the disconnect really hurt the reading experience for me. This was my choice for Nadine Gordimer who is a recipient for
Literature, so I read one of her novels. I know that seems like a weird thing to say, but just hear me out for a sec. Nov 11, Dana rated it liked it
Shelves: Many people seem to find the fractures style of writing difficult as it jumps between description, personal though and conversations with
three important characters of the story, but I can't say it worried me. Th Now I understand why Gordimer was awarded the Nobel for literature.