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My Son's Story (Hardcover)

by Nadine Gordimer (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; 2nd Edition edition (6 Sep 1990)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747507643
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747507642
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,550,729 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This novel combines a passionate love story and a haunting portrayal of contemporary South Africa. It describes what it is really like to live a life determined by the struggle to be free. Nadine Gordimer's other books include "The Conservationist", "Burger's Daughter," and "July's People".

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4.0 out of 5 stars When Love is fake, what else can endure?, 8 Aug 2001
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Will, a fifteen-year-old son of a coloured militant against apartheid in South Africa, bumps into his father when coming out of the cinema with his blonde mistress. Will's story of betrayal and disillusionment sets out with this painful discovery, but it travels back in time to paint a full portrait of Sonny, the heroic father. Though he is a loving husband and father and an intrepid militant for black freedom and political rights; though he believes in his principles and sticks to his ideals, Sonny falls in love with Hannah Plowman, a white woman working as a representative for the International Organisation for Human Rights, and a fellow-militant against racism and State violence in South Africa. He cannot do without the sweet secret life he shares with her in her cottage, and it's no wonder that she is a white woman. When the son decides to suffer in silence the pain of knowledge about his father's affair with the white woman, he gradually notices that those whom he has tried to shield from pain - his mother and sister - already know and are going each her own way dealing with the painful situation. Throughout the novel, Will is torn between love and hatred, admiration and disdain for his heroic father, until he wakes to the painful reality that his sister and mother have imperceptibly been drawn into the vortex of political commitment and condemned to exile...
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3.0 out of 5 stars Love and Politics in Arpatheid South Africa, 24 Feb 1999
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This is a tale of a political activist ( black ) who falls in love with a human rights worker ( white). It cronicles the development of their affair against the background of his political travails and the show of family life which he presents to the outside world. His son tells the story at different times and it is fascinating to see his dilemnas when trying to sustain a relationship with his parents. This is a well crafted book and has drama and emotion nicely balanced throughout
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