Living in Hope and History

Few writers have so consistently taken stock of the society in which they have lived. In a letter to fellow Nobel Laureate Kenzaburo Oe, Nadine Gordimer describes this impressive volume as ''a modest book of some of the non-fiction pieces I''ve written, a reflection of how I''ve looked at this century I''ve lived in.'' It is, in fact, an extraordinary collection of essays, articles, appreciations ...