MEMORABLE STORIES
THE SOFT VOICE OF THE SERPENT, by Nadine Gordimer; Victor Gollancz. English price, 12/6. MANY ARE CALLED, by Edward Newhouse; Victor Gollancz. English price, 15/-. N each of these collections there are memorable stories. The Soft Voice of the Serpent has perhaps more to offer the New Zealand reader. The author, Nadine Gordimer, is a young South African whose themes extend beyond the particular problems of her country. Some of her work is rather too carefully groomed for the little magazines. She is at her best, however, when impelled by immediate stresses, as in the stories of race conflict. In these she writes with tompassion, wit and the narrative gift
of the true story-teller. This is colonial | writing well on the way to maturity. Most of the stories in Many Are Called were fyst published in the New Yorker. This ‘assures their technical excellence, but Edward Newhouse adds warmth and conviction, qualities which aren’t always present in this magazine. The home-town, bar-rooms and the services contribute the backgrounds and the standard is unfailingly high. But the comparatively uneven stories of Nadine Gordimer give more promise of exciting
work to come.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 733, 31 July 1953, Page 14
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194MEMORABLE STORIES New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 733, 31 July 1953, Page 14
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