Reviews for None to accompany me

The average rating for None to accompany me based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-06-04 00:00:00 Frank Butler Gordimer is an incredible writer. She makes ingrown hairs sound poetic. I found the whole solitude of the self theme to be particularly captivating and upsetting. I think perhaps one of the things I loved so much about this book, aside from the writing itself, was the multidimensionality of the characters, to the extent that I could never make up my mind if I even liked any of them.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-02-10 00:00:00 Humbrrto Garza This book devastated me in way that no book has for a quite some time. Gordimer expertly twines together narratives of lies and secrecy in both relational and political domains-- the double lives forced on the characters by their work in opposition to Apartheid bleeds into the duplicity of their intimate relationships. It's a brilliant exploration of the limits of intimacy, and while its themes are grandiose, its style is direct and engaging-- the best of both worlds, a truly readable but still truly great book.