Loot and Other Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780142004685)

With her characteristic brilliance, Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer follows the inner lives of characters confronted by unforeseen circumstances. An earthquake offers tragedy and opportunity in the title story, exposing both an ocean bed strewn with treasure and the avarice of the town's survivors. "Mission Statement" is the story of a bureaucrat's idealism, the ghosts of colonial history, and a love affair with a government minister that ends astoundingly. And in "Karma," Gordimer's inventiveness knows no bounds: in five returns to earthly life, a disembodied narrator, taking on different ages and genders, testifies to unfinished business and questions the nature of existence. Revelatory and powerful, these are stories that challenge our deepest convictions even as they dazzle us with their artful lyricism.

Author: Nadine Gordimer
ISBN-10: 0142004685
ISBN-13: 9780142004685
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
Language: English
Published: 08/31/2004
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 7.78h x 5.04w x 0.47d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 09/12/2004 pg. 28