A World of Strangers
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Publication date | January 1, 1958 |
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A World of Strangers is a 1958 novel by South African novelist and Nadine Gordimer. The novel included mixed reviews, drawing criticism for its pedantic explanation of Gordimer's worldview.[1] The novel was banned in South Africa for 12 years.[2]
The novel's main plot focuses on depicting the divisions and boundaries that Apartheid and international capitalism create within South African society.[3] The novel thematically focuses on liberalism in South Africa and in the international community.[4]
Adaptation
In 1962, a Danish film adaptation of the novel was released under the title Dilemma by Danish film director, Henning Carlsen, and starring Ivan Jackson, Evelyn Frank, and Marijke Mann. The film won the Grand prize at the 1962 Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival.[5] In the U.K. this film was released under the title A World of Strangers due to an
References
- ISSN 0013-838X.
- ISSN 0362-4331.
- ^ Gray, Stephen (1988). "Gordimer's" A World of Strangers" as Memory". ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature. 19 (4). Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- S2CID 161150975.
- ^ IFFMH (International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg) 1962
Further reading
- CLINGMAN, STEPHEN (1 January 1984). "Multi-racialism, or A World of Strangers". Salmagundi (62): 32–61. JSTOR 40547637.
- Wagner, Kathrin (1994). Rereading Nadine Gordimer. South Africa, Bloomington, and Indianapolis: Maskew Miller in collaboration with Witwatersrand UP and Indiana UP. pp. viii + 294 pp. ISBN 9780253363039.
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