Publication

2001 - Bloomsbury, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

67,500 words, Guess

Page Count

270 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivepickup0000gord
  • ISBN-100747554277
  • ISBN-100747556342
  • ISBN-139780747554271
  • ISBN-139780747556343
and 6 more
  • LibraryThing1303053
  • Goodreads2264231', '1256114
  • OCLC Control Number47036374
  • Better World Books9780747556343
  • Better World Books9780747554271
  • Open LibraryOL19748543M

Classifications

  • DDC823
  • LCCPR6013.O495 P53 2001
  • LCCPR9369.3.G6 P53 2001

Description

"Who picked up whom? Is the pickup the illegal immigrant desperate to evade deportation to his impoverished desert country? Or is the pickup the powerful businessman's daughter trying to escape a privileged background she despises?" "When Julie Summers' car breaks down in a sleazy street, at a garage a young Arab emerges from beneath the chassis of a vehicle to aid her. The consequences develop unpredictable, relentless emotions that overturn each one's notions of the other.". "What are the solutions life demands for extraordinary circumstances? The Pickup is set in the social mix of the new South Africa and an Arab village in the desert. It is the story of the rites of passage that are emigration/immigration, anywhere in the world, where love can survive only if stripped of all certainties outside itself."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction

Other Editions

  • The pickupBloomsbury2001

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