July's People

Quotes

“So flawlessly written that every one of its events seems chillingly, ominously possible.” Anne Tyler, Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist

“Gordimer’s art has achieved and sustained a rare beauty. Her prose has a density and sparsity that one finds in the greatest writers.”  New Leader

“Gordimer’s finely wrought novel works as both a survival story and a psychological tour de force…Both aspects are enhanced by Nadia May’s taut narration, especially her interpretations of July and his former employers.” Library Journal

“May’s reading is fully voiced. She effectively reads words of small peevish children, and she catches various moods and levels of feeling by the adults in the story.”  Kliatt

“Nadine Gordimer writes more knowingly about South Africa than anyone else.” Anatole Broyard, New York Times

“Gordimer knows this complex and emotional and political terriory all too well and writes about it superbly.” Newsweek

Awards

• Nobel Prize