Occasion for Loving

Occasion for Loving
First US edition (publ. Viking Press)
AuthorNadine Gordimer
PublisherViking Press
Publication date
January 7, 1962

Occasion for Loving is a 1963 novel by South African author Nadine Gordimer.[1] It was her third published novel and sixth published book.[2]

The novel focuses on a forbidden romantic relationship during apartheid between a woman in the wealthy white elite in South Africa and an African artist.[2] Irving Malon, in The Kenyon Review, described this conflict as one of the central themes: "Love and politics — private feelings and public restrictions — clash and break Miss Gordimer's characters".[3] A Nobel Prize essay described the novel as teaching that "apartheid cannot be reformed by pious words."[4]

Contemporary reviews

John Thompson, in a 1963 review in the New York Review of Books, gave a mixed review of the novel, saying that "In the telling, the story is all quiet intelligence and art", while also noting that the "story itself moves rather dully until the black man appears."[2]

Publication history

The novel was initially published by Viking Press, and included two epigraphs, one from Boris Pasternak and one from Thomas Mann.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Occasion for Loving". Kirkus Reviews. 1 January 1962. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Thompson, John (1 February 1963). "New Novels". The New York Review of Books. ISSN 0028-7504.
  3. ^ a b Malin, Irving (1 April 1963). "Review". The Kenyon Review. 25 (2): 348–352. ISSN 0163-075X. JSTOR 4334331.
  4. ^ Wästberg, Per. "Nadine Gordimer and the South African Experience". Nobelprize.org. Archived from the original on 3 June 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2015.

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