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When Julie Summers's car breaks down on a sleazy street in a South African city, a young Arab mechanic named Abdu comes to her aid. Their attraction to one another is fueled by different motives. Julie is in rebellion against her wealthy background and her father; Abdu, an illegal immigrant,... read more
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Setting & Locations edit
- America
- California
- Australia
- Canada
- The Table
- Ramadan
- Cape Town
- Chicago
- Detroit
- London
- Islam
- Morocco
- Johannesburg
First Sentence edit
The young woman was down in a thoroughfare, a bazaar of all that the city had not been allowed to be by the laws and traditions of her parents generation.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Nadine Gordimer (Author)
Awards edit
- Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book (2002: Africa)
- Man Booker Prize (Finalist, 2001, Longlisted)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.914
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