{"product_id":"9780142001424","title":"The Pickup","description":"When Julie Summers's car breaks down on a sleazy street in a South African city, a young Arab mechanic named Abdu comes to her aid. Their attraction to one another is fueled by different motives. Julie is in rebellion against her wealthy background and her father; Abdu, an illegal immigrant, is desperate to avoid deportation to his impoverished country. In the course of their relationship, there are unpredictable consequences, and overwhelming emotions will overturn each one's notion of the other. Set in the new South Africa and in an Arab village in the desert, \u003ci\u003eThe Pickup\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a masterpiece of creative empathy . . . a gripping tale of contemporary anguish and unexpected desire, and it also opens the Arab world to unusually nuanced perception\" (Edward W. Said).\u003cp\u003eAuthor Biography: Nadine Gordimer is the author of twelve previous novels, as well as several collections of stories and essays. Her most recent work includes \u003ci\u003eThe House Gun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJump and Other Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMy Son's Story\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received many awards, including the Booker Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47046166937840,"sku":"9780142001424","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780142001424_p0.jpg?v=1763656008","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780142001424","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}