Jump and Other Stories

A Note on the Author

Nadine Gordimer’s many novels include The Lying Days (her first novel), The Conservationist, joint winner of the Booker Prize, Burger’s Daughter, July’s Children, A Guest of Honour, A World of Strangers, My Son’s Story, None to Accompany Me, The House Gun and, most recently, The Pickup. Her collections of short stories include Something Out There, Jump and her most recent work, Loot. In 1991 she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. She lives in South Africa.