No Time Like the Present

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Nearly twenty years after the end of apartheid, Nadine Gordimer reflects on the possibilities and missed opportunities of the new era. She delves deeply into the lives of a couple, who, once outlaws, are now tasked with reshaping their country and their lives. Jabulile and Steve, who met underground while fighting against the regime that forbade their marriage, now find all paths open to them. They move from Glengrove Place, where they were tolerated, to a small house with a garden in a neighborhood where former comrades gather—a suburb of freedom. Steve takes a job at the university, while Jabulile studies law. Through their lives, a vivid picture of the new South Africa unfolds. Gordimer, who has never considered herself a political writer, presents her most significant political novel with "No Time Like the Present." She addresses corruption, unequal ownership, student protests, and the widening gap between rich and poor with poetic precision, while juxtaposing it with the tender bond between two people whose trust in each other and in the future of their country remains unshaken.