In Country Lovers by Nadine Gordimer we have the theme of apartheid, discrimination, marriage, tradition, forbidden love, infanticide, justice, identity and shame. Taken from her Six Feet of the Country collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and from the beginning the reader realizes that Gordimer may be exploring […]

In The Bridegroom by Nadine Gordimer we have the theme of order, marriage, anticipation, anxiety, control and escape. Narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator the reader realizes from the beginning of the story that Gordimer may be exploring the theme of order. The young man’s contents of his tent are listed by […]

In Once Upon a Time by Nadine Gordimer we have the theme of apartheid, equality, racism, insecurity, freedom, innocence, control and fear. Narrated in the first person by an unnamed narrator (writer) the reader realises after reading the story that Gordimer may be exploring the theme of apartheid. The couple and their son live in […]