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Occasion for Loving

by Nadine Gordimer · 1963

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The tensions created among a group of white citizens of Johannesburg when a young wife indulges in a forbidden affair with an African rebel.

Setting
1960s1960sMore like thisLess of thisAfricaAfricaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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