Beethoven Was One-sixteenth Black: And Other Stories, Nadine Gordimer; Farrar, Straus And Giroux

“‘You’re not responsible for your ancestry, are you . . . But if that’s so, why have marched under banned slogans, got yourself beaten up by the police, arrested a couple of times; plastered walls with subversive posters . . . The past is valid only in relation to whether the present recognizes it.’ In this collection of new stories Nadine Gordimer crosses the frontiers of politics, memory, sexuality, and love with the fearless insight that is the hallmark of her writing.”
Robin’s Note: If you’re curious about South Africa, there are a few trademark writers, Nadine Gordimer being one of them.  Also check out Doris Lessing and J. M. Coetzee for excellent writers from the same region.  This collection of short stories will give you a taste of what her writing is like, and is a strong recent collection of her work.