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Writing and politics
"Nadine Gordimer says she is not a political person; yet her writings document, decade
by decade, the impact of politics on personal lives and what an increasingly radical
white South African woman felt, thought and imagined during the rise and fall of
apartheid" (Bazin). Even though Gordimer makes no claims of being politically
motivated, every interviewer seems to quiz her on politics, and every critic seems to
consider the influence of politics in her writing. She is often criticized as not knowing enough about the situations she writes about to be able to portray them correctly. It is also pointed out, though, that "…Gordimer makes no suggestion that she possesses insider knowledge, however
achieved, of the cultural or historical contexts from which their novels arise"
(Greenstein). To Gordimer, writing is not a political act. Politics are corruption; writing is art and art should be separated from things that would limit it. "In......

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