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Beethoven Was One-sixteenth Black And Other Stories: And Other Stories
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Publication date
November 27, 2007
Pages
178
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780374109820
ISBN-10
0374109826
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.75 by 8.75 in.
Weight
0.55 lbs.
Original list price
$21.00
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A new collection of short fiction by the Nobel Prize-winning author addresses issues of race, identity, politics, and more in the title story about an anti-apartheid activist and academic who pursues questions of his own racial identity; 'Dreaming of the Dead,' in which Susan Sontag and Edward Said return in the dreams of a friend; and 'Alternative Endings,' about how writers choose to end their stories.
Editions
Hardcover
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from Farrar Straus & Giroux (November 27, 2007); titled "Beethoven Was One-sixteenth Black And Other Stories: And Other Stories"
9780374109820 | details & prices | 178 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $21.00
About: A collection of short fiction addresses issues of race, identity, and politics, in the title story about an anti-apartheid activist and academic who pursues questions of his own racial identity, and thirteen other stories.
About: A collection of short fiction addresses issues of race, identity, and politics, in the title story about an anti-apartheid activist and academic who pursues questions of his own racial identity, and thirteen other stories.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Penguin USA (October 28, 2008)
9780143114239 | details & prices | 177 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $15.00
About: Always exploring the boundaries of race, identity, politics, memory, sexuality, and love with fearless insight and deep compassion, Nadine Gordimer has produced another masterpiece of short fiction.
About: Always exploring the boundaries of race, identity, politics, memory, sexuality, and love with fearless insight and deep compassion, Nadine Gordimer has produced another masterpiece of short fiction.
from Penguin Group Canada (January 10, 2008); titled "Beethoven Was One Sixteenth Black: And Other Stories"
9780143167617 | details & prices | List price $18.00
About: In this collection of new stories, Nadine Gordimer crosses the frontiers of politics, memory, sexuality, and love with the fearless insight that is the hallmark of her writing.
About: In this collection of new stories, Nadine Gordimer crosses the frontiers of politics, memory, sexuality, and love with the fearless insight that is the hallmark of her writing.
Miscellaneous
1 edition from Farrar Straus & Giroux (November 27, 2007)
9781429967600 | details & prices | 192 pages | List price $9.99
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