The Pickup
By Nadine Gordimer In Nadine Gordimer's novel The Pickup, a casual encounter between a wealthy suburban white girl and an educated but poor Arab man in a garage in contemporary Cape Town sets in motion unimagined consequences. Abdu, the "garage man", is in fact Ibrahim ibn Musa, an illegal immigrant with a degree in economics from a benighted African country. Conscience-stricken Julie Summers seeks escape from the narrowed horizons of her privileged background in the newly democratic, non-racial South Africa. Julie and Ibrahim enter into an intense relationship--their sexual desire the only shared experience that mediates their cultural difference. When the authorities catch up with Ibrahim and his repatriation to his own economically ravaged desert country can no longer be avoided, Julie takes a step that amazes her friends, family and above all herself. Leaving the sheltered alternatives of her liberal background she follows Ibrahim.
Published Date: 07/10/2002
Format: PaperBack
ISBN: 0-7475-5795-0
Publisher: -
No of Pages: 286
Rating:
price 14 $
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