description: Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer offers a modern-day Romeo &amp; Juliet about a fiercely passionate love affair torn apart by the vicissitudes of citizenship and immigration.
title: The Pickup
titlecomplete: The Pickup
characters: Julie Summers
genres: Literature, Literary Fiction, Novels, Nobel Prize, South Africa, Fiction, Africa, Contemporary, African Literature, Romance
ratings_count: 3607
places: South Africa
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Booker Prize
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book in Africa
publisher: Clipper Audio