"No Time Like the Present is Gordimer's best novel since her first, The Lying Days." –Susan Salter Reynolds, Newsday
"To read
No Time Like the Present is to plunge into the cauldron that is South Africa today.... Although she is eighty-eight, Gordimer has all the enthusiasm of youth as she celebrates what she sees all around her. Her approach is kaleidoscopic." –
Los Angeles Times "Gordimer sees history, power, and a gnawing desire for something secular yet entwined in every mundane gesture. The personal remains political even when the great political fight has been won." –
Maureen Corrigan, NPR "Every once in a while, you begin to read a book and suddenly realize you are experiencing greatness. This is such a book....There are few, if any, writers today who can match Nadine Gordimer....May she never stop." –
The Washington Times
