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These stories are from the collections "Livingstone's Companions" and "The Soft Voice of the Serpent". All the stories featured are from the period 1950 to 1970. ... Read more

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La unica idea que Mehring, un industrial cincuenton y aun atractivo para las mujeres, tiene por clara en su vida es la que debe conservar a toda costa su modo de vida. Ni su amante izquierdista, ni su hijo un colegial presuntuoso que lleva pelo largo, consiguen socavar su conviccion de que tiene el derecho inalienable a seguir en posesion de sus bienes. Y nadie parece cuestionarlo: ni los trabajadores negros que cuidan de su finca en el Transvaal, ni los indios que venden los productos de su tierra, ni los hacenderos boers que le consideran un simple aficionado en los asuntos del campo, ni los negros que viven segregados en ghettos entre la finca y la ciudad. Tan solo la presencia de un hombre muerto, abandonado cerca de un rio, suscita en el cierta inquietud Como intenso contrapunto a sus recuerdos y fantasias, estan las vidas de los que sirven, pero que apenas reparan en el, y tambien esa otra misteriosa presencia en la serena belleza de la tierra a la que todos se aferran./Mehring, a wealthy, dominating South African industrialist moves to preserve his way of life, his power, and his possessions in the face of massive injustice and suffering, changing times, and death. ... Read more

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The "Bloomsbury Birthday Quids" are small editions of short stories by major writers, in a format and style of the "Bloomsbury Classics". Printed on high-quality paper, designed by Jeff Fisher, the books should become collectors' items. "Harald, Claudia and Their Son Duncan" by Nadine Gordimer. ... Read more

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South African Jewish Voices
A select group of 20th century South African Jewish writers are incorporated into this delightful and literary expressive book. The life experiences of the writers represented, are within the context of recent South African history and in part the tragedy of the racial divisions and "apartheid" that characterized it. The majority of the contributors born and reared in Johannesburg, reflect the liberal thinking of that community and their concerns and anxieties as they live their experiences.A couple of the writers have either been born or are immediate issue of Jewish communities in Latin America, later transplanted to South Africa. One or another express their disapproval of the American firms operating in the region at the time, but in general terms these are well written short essays and interesting at that.It is worth hearing these voices. ... Read more