To discover the exact location of a 'thing' is a simple matter of factual research. To discover the exact location of a person: where to locate the s… - Nadine Gordimer

Learning to write sent me falling, falling through the surface of the South African way of life.

Our liberation cannot be divorced from black consciousness because we cannot be conscious of ourselves and at the same time remain slaves -

I certainly find being the recipient at this celebratory dinner more pleasurable and rewarding than chicken-pox, having now in my life experienced both. But the small girl was not entirely wrong. Writing is indeed, some kind of affliction in its demands as the most solitary and introspective of occupations.