The New Yorker: Fiction cover image

Joseph O'Neill Reads Nadine Gordimer

The New Yorker: Fiction

00:00

The Black Reader in a Story

"The more you look at the story, the more uncomfortable potentially you can become," says author. "It's interesting to think about whether the white author is implicating herself or maintaining a certain distance from what she's observing" The book was published in 1961 and has been translated into several languages.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app