My Son’s Story
by Nadine Gordimer
1990 / 272 pages
rating 8.5 / contemp fiction (South Africa)

At first I was thinking this might be an easier book to read than either The Burgher’s Daughter (about a white woman joining the anti-apartheid movement) or The Conservationist (about a white land-owner in rural apartheid South Africa).  The writing style is somewhat clearer with a 15 year-old boy narrating,  but it might very well not be easier in terms of  theme and symbolism.  >>>>MORE>>>>