Please join us to discuss "Which New Era Would That Be," by Nadine Gordimer (1923 - 2014).
A group of veteran members now manages this long-standing Huntington Public Library book group. We invite you to share in an exploration of highly regarded classics of literature, history, and philosophy through a discussion technique known as “Shared Inquiry." Selections are from Great Conversations 2, available for purchase at the Main Library front desk for at the reduced price of $10 thanks to a generous donation from the Friends of the Library.
Set in apartheid South Africa in the 1950s, Nadine Gordimer’s short story relates an encounter in a printing shop that takes place in among the shop’s mixed-race owner, Jake, a black trade unionist, Maxie, and two white political sympathizers, Alister and Jennifer. “Which New Era Would That Be” parses the political, racial, and sexual attitudes of these characters. It sheds light brilliantly on the complex interplay of social forces in the South Africa of those years. Gordimer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Book Discussions |
TAGS: | great books | classics | book discussion |
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