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Peace. The upland serenity of high altitude, the openness of grassland without indigenous bush or trees the greening, yellowing or silver-browning that prevailed, according to season.

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Nadine Gordimer
Age: 90 †
Born: 1923
Born: November 20
Died: 2014
Died: July 13
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Prosaist
Scientific Editor
Short Story Writer
Writer
Bush
Greening
Trees
Altitude
According
Prevailed
Seasons
Indigenous
Tree
Serenity
High
Openness
Upland
Peace
Silver
Grasslands
Without
Season
Browning

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