Get a Life

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"Get a Life" is a novel by South African Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer that explores environmental activism, family dynamics, and moral responsibility in post-apartheid South Africa.

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instanceOf novel
author Nadine Gordimer NERFINISHED
character Paul Bannerman NERFINISHED
Paul’s parents
Paul’s wife
countryOfOrigin South Africa
exploresTopic impact of environmental activism on private life
intergenerational conflict
marital strain under political pressure
post-apartheid social change in South Africa
tension between economic development and environmental protection
genre environmental fiction
literary fiction
political fiction
hasForm prose
hasISBN 9780747585841
hasMediaType hardcover
paperback
print
hasNotableAspect focus on ecological politics in a domestic setting
written late in Gordimer’s career
hasPageCount 224 (approximate)
hasProtagonist Paul Bannerman NERFINISHED
isAbout ethical choices in contemporary society
illness and vulnerability
nuclear energy and environmental risk
languageRegion Anglophone literature
literaryAwardContext Written by Nobel Prize–winning author Nadine Gordimer NERFINISHED
literaryMovement post-apartheid South African literature
mainTheme environmental activism
family dynamics
moral responsibility
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A South African environmental activist undergoes treatment for thyroid cancer and confronts personal and political implications of his work.
publicationYear 2005
publisher Bloomsbury Publishing NERFINISHED
setInPeriod post-apartheid South Africa
setting South Africa NERFINISHED

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Nadine Gordimer notableWork Get a Life