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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.
Nadine Gordimer
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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
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Peace
Silver
Grasslands
Without
Season
Browning
Bush
Greening
Trees
Altitude
According
Prevailed
Seasons
Indigenous
Tree
Serenity
High
Openness
Upland
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