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Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Nadine gordimer born 20 november 1923 is a south african writer, political activist and recipien. Publication date 1998 topics fathers and sons, murderers publisher new york. Learning to write sent me falling, falling through the surface of the south african way of life. A sport of nature, my sons story, and none to accompany me the future is another country.
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