Well, I didn't realize when I picked this up that some of the stories where originally published in "Selected Stories." But at the end of the book, there was a teaser for "Selected Stories" which said it contained stories from a few other collections, including this book - um? Anyway, I hadn't read "Selected Stories" in a while, so I figured it would be ok to go through this. None of the stories rang a bell, which was good for my reading, bad in regards to my apparent regard for the other collection. Still, they were MUCH better than collection I had just finished "Loot and Other Stories." So, I might just stick to Gordimer's older work and I might go into one of her novels for the first time soon. ( )

Seven short stories taken from two previous collections 'No Place Like' and 'A Soldier's Embrace'. I think I almost prefer Gordimer's short stories to some of her full length novels, she manages to distil the essence of South Africa on to the page in these. ( )