{"product_id":"julys-people-paperback","title":"July's People - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNadine Gordimer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"So flawlessly written that every one of its events seems chillingly, ominously possible.\"\u003cb\u003e--Anne Tyler, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA startling, imaginative novel from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA violent war for equality has come to the white suburbs, driving out the ruling minority\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor years, it had been what is called a \"deteriorating situation.\" Now all over South Africa the cities are battlegrounds. The members of the Smales family--liberal whites--are rescued from the terror by their servant, July, who leads them to refuge in his village. What happens to the Smaleses and to July--the shifts in character and relationships--gives us an unforgettable look into the terrifying, tacit understandings and misunderstandings between blacks and whites.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNadine Gordimer (1923-2014)\u003c\/b\u003e, the recipient of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature, was born in a small South African town. Her first book, a collection of stories, was published when she was in her early twenties. Her ten books of stories include \u003ci\u003eSomething Out There\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), and \u003ci\u003eJump and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (1991). Her novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Lying Days\u003c\/i\u003e (1953), \u003ci\u003eA World of Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e (1958), \u003ci\u003eOccasion for Loving\u003c\/i\u003e (1963), \u003ci\u003eThe Late Bourgeois World\u003c\/i\u003e (1966), \u003ci\u003eA Guest of Honour\u003c\/i\u003e (1971), \u003ci\u003eThe Conservationist\u003c\/i\u003e (1975), \u003ci\u003eBurger's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e (1979), \u003ci\u003eJuly's People\u003c\/i\u003e (1981), \u003ci\u003eA Sport of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e (1987), \u003ci\u003eMy Son's Story\u003c\/i\u003e (1990), \u003ci\u003eNone to Accompany Me\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), \u003ci\u003eThe House Gun\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), \u003ci\u003eThe Pickup\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), \u003ci\u003eGet a Life\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), and \u003ci\u003eNo Time Like the Present\u003c\/i\u003e (2012). \u003ci\u003eA World of Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Late Bourgeois World\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBurger's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e were originally banned in South Africa. She published 3 books of literary and political essays: \u003ci\u003eThe Essential Gesture\u003c\/i\u003e (1988); \u003ci\u003eWriting and Being\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures she gave at Harvard in 1994; and \u003ci\u003eLiving in Hope and History\u003c\/i\u003e (1999). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMs. Gordimer was a vice president of PEN International and an executive member of the Congress of South African Writers. She was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in Great Britain and an honorary member of both the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was also a Commandeur de'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France). She held 14 honorary degrees from universities including Harvard, Yale, Smith College, the New School for Social Research, City College of New York, the University of Leuven in Belgium, Oxford University, and Cambridge University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMs. Gordimer won numerous literary awards, including the Booker Prize for \u003ci\u003eThe Conservationist\u003c\/i\u003e, both internationally and in South Africa.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 7.74 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 29, 1982\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e July's People\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.6\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42684490973247,"sku":"9780140061406","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/75dd0afc84a400e5d4dda9a43182f8e1.webp?v=1764967679","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/julys-people-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}