Harper's Magazine Feb. 2004 刊登了Gordimer的短篇，"History"。描述法国南部乡间的一家饭店里，一只鹦 鹉在那里呆了三十年。二战法国沦陷，饭店卖给了德国人，鹦鹉将随着饭店的主 人搬进公寓。故事的结尾： "And from the depths of whatever he has that mocks vocal cords, low and angry, there is what was overheard, what he shouldn't have over heard. Ca ne va pas du tout. Doesn't go at all." As a campaigner against racism and intolerance in her home land, Nadine Gordimer has become something of a political icon. While she appears proud of her tenacity in the face of sometimes fierce critical attacks, she is also deeply in love with her homeland and admiring of its history, landscape and people. Much of her work was banned by the apartheid authorities, but she refused to give in and move permanently abroad. She won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991 - it was the first time the award had been made to a woman in 25 years. Gordimer's works tend to be very detailed and fully-imagined. Characters, plots and scenery are described in rich and complex detail. Her novels include: The Lying Days (1953) A Guest of Honour (1970) The Conservationist (1974) Burger's Daughter (1979) July's People (1981) Sport of Nature (1987) My Son's Story (1990) The House Gun (1998)