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3.5 

None to Accompany Me

By Nadine Gordimer
None to Accompany Me by Nadine Gordimer digital book - Fable

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None to Accompany Me is arresting and reverbant - perhaps the most powerful novel to date by one of the world's most commanding writers.

In an extraordinary period immediately before the first non-racial election and the beginning of majority rule in South Africa, Vera Stark, the protagonist of Nadine Gordimer's passionate novel, weaves a ruthless interpretation of her own past into her participation into the present as a lawyer representing blacks in the struggle to reclaim the land.

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3.5
“A novel covering the period of transition in South Africa leading up to the first non-racial election, None to Accompany Me focuses in on the personal life and self-discovery of the protagonist, Vera Stark. Unfortunately, Vera is an incredibly unlikable person with some hallmark narcissistic traits. Making decisions that continually hurt those in her life, I didn’t find much to enjoy in my time with Mrs. Stark. I would have much preferred more focus on the Maqoma’s, a Black family returning from exile and entering the re-invented world of politics. Theirs is a more interesting, relatable, and human tale that is woefully underutilized. While Vera justifies every selfish decision as being in service of discovering her self, she also expresses rampant homophobia and misogynistic thoughts against her own daughter. All of this, combined with a format of writing where I was never sure which character was speaking, left me supremely unsatisfied with this novel.”
“Nadine Gordimer, always fascinating. As is this book! Finishing "None to accompany me" I didn't get the closure I was hoping for, though I can't say I expected anything less from Vera.”

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