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Jump and Other Short Stories

Nadine Gordimer, Author Penguin Books $16 (272p) ISBN 978-0-14-016534-0

Nobel Prize winner Gordimer's latest collection of short fiction brilliantly illuminates the consequences of political repression. (Oct.)
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Reviewed on: 09/28/1992

Release date: 10/01/1992

Genre: Fiction

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