The Pickup - Softcover

"This is surely what art at its highest octane does: attempts to push its way around the ineffable, to get inside others' heads, to cross the many boundaries that so terminally and tragically divide us." --San Francisco Chronicle
"Astonishing...It is hard to conceive of a more sympathetic, more intimate introduction to the lives of ordinary Muslims than we are given here."---J. M. Coetzee, "The New York Review of Books" "This is surely what art has at its highest octane done: attempts to push its way around the ineffable, to get inside others' heads, to cross the many boundaries that so terminally and tragically divide us."---"The Washington Post Book World" "Gordimer plays the lovers off of one another expertly....She explores the problems of dispossession with characteristic subtlety."---"The New Yorker" "Ms. Gordimer's ability to delineate the psychological consequences of exile, class, disaffection, and racial prejudice enables her to lend Julie and [Ibrahim's] relationship an unusual poignancy and depth."---Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times " "Brilliant...Gordimer's stark sentences and emotional depth make most modern fiction seem trivial."---"The Times" (London)

Astonishing...It is hard to conceive of a more sympathetic, more intimate introduction to the lives of ordinary Muslims than we are given here. "J. M. Coetzee, The New York Review of Books"

This is surely what art has at its highest octane done: attempts to push its way around the ineffable, to get inside others' heads, to cross the many boundaries that so terminally and tragically divide us. "The Washington Post Book World"

Gordimer plays the lovers off of one another expertly .She explores the problems of dispossession with characteristic subtlety. "The New Yorker"

Ms. Gordimer's ability to delineate the psychological consequences of exile, class, disaffection, and racial prejudice enables her to lend Julie and [Ibrahim's] relationship an unusual poignancy and depth. "Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times"

Brilliant Gordimer's stark sentences and emotional depth make most modern fiction seem trivial. "The Times (London)""

-Astonishing...It is hard to conceive of a more sympathetic, more intimate introduction to the lives of ordinary Muslims than we are given here.- --J. M. Coetzee, The New York Review of Books

-This is surely what art has at its highest octane done: attempts to push its way around the ineffable, to get inside others' heads, to cross the many boundaries that so terminally and tragically divide us.- --The Washington Post Book World

-Gordimer plays the lovers off of one another expertly....She explores the problems of dispossession with characteristic subtlety.- --The New Yorker

-Ms. Gordimer's ability to delineate the psychological consequences of exile, class, disaffection, and racial prejudice enables her to lend Julie and [Ibrahim's] relationship an unusual poignancy and depth.- --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

-Brilliant...Gordimer's stark sentences and emotional depth make most modern fiction seem trivial.- --The Times (London)

"Astonishing...It is hard to conceive of a more sympathetic, more intimate introduction to the lives of ordinary Muslims than we are given here." --J. M. Coetzee, The New York Review of Books

"This is surely what art has at its highest octane done: attempts to push its way around the ineffable, to get inside others' heads, to cross the many boundaries that so terminally and tragically divide us." --The Washington Post Book World

"Gordimer plays the lovers off of one another expertly....She explores the problems of dispossession with characteristic subtlety." --The New Yorker

"Ms. Gordimer's ability to delineate the psychological consequences of exile, class, disaffection, and racial prejudice enables her to lend Julie and [Ibrahim's] relationship an unusual poignancy and depth." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

"Brilliant...Gordimer's stark sentences and emotional depth make most modern fiction seem trivial." --The Times (London)

Nadine Gordimer is the author of eleven previous novels, as well as collections of stories and essays. She has received many awards, including the Booker Prize (for The Conservationist in 1974) and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991. She lives in Johannesburg, South Africa.