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In a short story by this author, Mrs. Bamjee is arrested for distributing leaflets and wears the title “Chip of Glass Ruby.” In a novel by this author, the protagonist leverages her connection to Brandt Vermeulen to get a passport to visit France, where she meets Katya. One of this author’s characters imagines a conversation with Jacobus, the foreman who had found a corpse on his (10[1])(*) farm. In another novel by this author, a village boy stares into the “blue-steel (10[1])tunnels” of an object that is later suspected to be stolen by Daniel. In that novel, the disappearance of a bakkie prompts (-5[1])Maureen to confront a former servant. For 10 points, name this writer who examined the conditions of apartheid in their novels The Conservationist, Burger’s Daughter, and July’s (10[1])People. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Nadine Gordimer
<Literature - World Literature>
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