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Nadine Gordimer paints a complex portrait of dangerously deluded and wilfully ignorant privilege, set in South Africa during the time of apartheid.“Gordimer is a great writer... It is Turgenev that she most brings to mind." - New York Review of BooksMehring is rich, with 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, destroys his farm. The upheaval in his world increasingly resembles that in the country as a whole, and it becomes clear that only a seismic shift in ideas and concrete action can avert annihilation“Gordimer has written what must be considered her masterpiece. The beauty and largeness of this land she loves is drawn with a breadth and scope that is breathtaking.” — St. Louis Post-DispatchNadine Gordimer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991. Her many novels include The Conservationist, joint winner of the Booker Prize, Get a Life, Burger’s Daughter, July’s People, My Son’s Story and The Pickup. Her final novel was No Time Like t

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Author

(by) Nadine Gordimer

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published

1983

Language

EN

ISBN

9781101571064

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Peoples & Cultures Fiction

Rating

3.38 / 5 (1,731 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14