
Joseph O'Neill Reads Nadine Gordimer
The New Yorker: Fiction
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Gradwell's Story Reminds Me of the Past
In the 80s, there was a lot of activism surrounding apartheid. And so I suppose from a personal point of view, reading the story reminded me of that era. The protagonist, Gradwell, is from Niazzaland, which is now Malawi. There's a reference to it during the years in which Malawi was achieving its independence.
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