| Description |
252 pages ; 22 cm |
| Indexed In: |
Driver, D. Nadine Gordimer : a bibliography of primary and secondary sources, 1937-1992, 12 |
| Summary |
Mehring is rich. He has all the privileges and possessions that South Africa has to offer, but his possessions refuse to remain objects. His wife, son and mistress leave him; his foreman and workers become increasingly indifferent to his stewardship; even the land rises up, as drought, then flood, destroy his farm. As the upheaval in Mehring's world increasingly resembles that in the country as a whole, it becomes clear that only a seismic shift in ideas and concrete action can avert annihilation. |
| Awards |
Man Booker Prize, 1974. |
| Subject |
Alienation (Social psychology) -- Fiction.
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South African fiction (English)
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Man Booker Prize.
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Alienation (Social psychology) (OCoLC)fst00805268
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Man Booker Prize. (OCoLC)fst01430698
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South African fiction (English) (OCoLC)fst01127180
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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| ISBN |
067023883X |
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9780670238835 |
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