{"product_id":"house-gun-paperback","title":"House Gun - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNadine Gordimer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the scaffolding of a courtroom drama and the moral underpinnings of the state's responsibility, the novel infuses an isolated crime of passion with the atmospheric pressure of a country reeling from its own past. --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Sunday Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA house gun, like a house cat: a fact of ordinary daily life. How else can you defend yourself against intruders and thieves in post-apartheid South Africa? The respected executive director of an insurance company, Harald, and his doctor wife, Claudia, are faced with \u003ci\u003esomething that could never happen to them\u003c\/i\u003e: Their son, Duncan, has murdered a man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this powerful and disturbing anatomy of a murder, Nadine Gordimer examines the effect of violence on the complicated web of love that holds together parents and children, friends and lovers.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA house gun, like a house cat: a fact of ordinary life, today. How else can you defend yourself against losing your hi-fi equipment, your TV set and computer? The respected Executive Director of an insurance company, Harald, and his doctor wife, Claudia, are faced with something that could never happen to them: their son, Duncan, has committed murder. What kind of loyalty do a mother and father owe a son who has committed the unimaginable horror? How could he have ignored the sanctity of human life? What have they done to influence his character; how have they failed him? Nadine Gordimer's new novel is a passionate narrative of the complex manifestations of that final test of human relations we call love - between lovers of all kinds, and parents and children. It moves with the restless pace of living itself; if it is a parable of present violence, it is also an affirmation of the will to reconciliation that starts where it must, between individual men and women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.25 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 03, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e House Gun\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.1\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 16\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761029087520,"sku":"9781250007728","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dc60e7d9bc09875df01938251326e0d2.webp?v=1780197629","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/house-gun-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}