{"product_id":"pickup-9781250024046","title":"Pickup","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Africa\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Ranks as one of Gordimer's best novels...It transcends politics and aims at a meaning higher than human striving.\"---\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Julie Summers's car breaks down on a street in Cape Town, a young Arab mechanic comes to her aid. Their attraction to each other is immediate. Julia, the daughter of a powerful businessman, is trying to escape a privileged background she despises. Abdu, an educated but poor illegal immigrant, is desperate to evade deportation. The consequences of this chance meeting are unpredictable and intense, as each person's notions of the other are overturned. Set in the social mix of post-apartheid South Africa and an unnamed Arab country, Nadine Gordimer's \u003ci\u003eThe Pickup\u003c\/i\u003e \"is a masterpiece of creative empathy...a gripping tale of contemporary anguish and unexpected desire, and it also opens the Arab world to unusually nuanced perception\" (Edward W. Said).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNadine Gordimer (1923-2014) was a Nobel Prize winner whose novels include the Booker Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Conservationist\u003c\/i\u003e, Commonwealth Writers' Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Pickup\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNo Time Like the Present\u003c\/i\u003e. Gordimer's short story collections include \u003ci\u003eLoot\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJump and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. She also published literary and political essay collections such as \u003ci\u003eLiving in Hope and History\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGordimer was a vice president of PEN International and an executive member of the Congress of South African Writers. She was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in Great Britain and a Commandeur of l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50626588803346,"sku":"9781250024046","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2c21250e-030c-42aa-a855-4fc0d6c562e6.jpg?v=1732662297","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pickup-9781250024046","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}