Masterpieces of Short Fiction

Gordimer's "Moment Before" Apartheid Fell (1x22)

Uitzenddatum: Jan 01, 2008

This lecture begins with a discussion of the role of apartheid in South Africa and examines how Gordimer, a long-time antiapartheid activist, creates a story that sheds a compassionate light on both the victims of this oppressive political order and its supporters.