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Gordimer

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Nadine. born 1923, South African novelist. Her books include The Lying Days (1952), The Conservationist (1974), which won the Booker prize, None to Accompany Me (1994), and The House Gun (1998). Her works were banned in South Africa for their condemnation of apartheid. Nobel prize for literature 1991


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There are 26 stories here, by 26 writers and, although it is perhaps invidious to mention some names while omitting others, the presence in these pages of such authors as Nadine Gordimer, David Almond, Etgar Keret, Alberto Manguel and Ali Smith are testament to the consistently high quality of the writing.
The couple persuaded Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer to contribute to the volume, as well as Pulitzer Prize winners Jane Smiley, Frank McCourt and James McPherson.
Newton set up Bloomsbury in 1986 along with David Reynolds, Liz Calder and Alan Wherry with the aim of publishing quality fiction by signing marquee authors such as John Irving, Margaret Atwood, Joanna Trollope and Nadine Gordimer.
 
 
 
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