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This paper examines how the racial order changes in the post-apartheid era of South Africa through The Pickup by white, South African writer Nadine Gordimer. Focusing on this process, this paper discusses how the author ultimately evokes the incomplete and positive point of contact and transnational ties of the protagonists’ belonging to different races and cultures rather than racial conflicts and exclusion in the novel. This is because it is a significant point where Gordimer demonstrates her deep involvement in South African reality, concerns about the hardships of her fellow citizens, and her conviction that nothing is local anymore and that everything should be globally recognized. Above all, this paper emphasizes the fact that Gordimer attempts to expand the literary and cultural horizons of Africa, including South Africa, by boldly breaking the framework of national literature limited to certain countries through Julie’s migration and settlement, and Abdu’s unstable life. This is because their lives and the changes presented by Gordimer in The Pickup can be considered important issues in the transnational era.