- Hardcover: 252 pages
- Publisher: Viking Press; 1st Viking edition edition (February 1983)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 067023883X
- ISBN-13: 978-0670238835
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14.5 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 499 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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"A triumph of stle ... It is not often that lyrical intelligence and political pupose are combined in so effective a way."
--Paul Theroux
"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-Dispatch
"This is a novel of enormous power."
--The New Statesman --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
--Paul Theroux
"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-Dispatch
"This is a novel of enormous power."
--The New Statesman --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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A novel with accompanying artwork.
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Masterly Work,
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This review is from: The Conservationist (Paperback)
This is the story of Mehring, a wealthy high class businessman and landowner from Transvaal who narrated his life throughout internal monologues, reflections and fragment of conversations with the distant son, lovers, adquaints and the workers of his farm, giving us and idea of how empty and lonely without love or ilusions his life is but at the same time full of wealth and privilegues.Ms Gordimer - using Mehring character - gave us a portrait of a South Africa divided by the Apartheid where social status is linked with the color of the skin and at the same time gave us an idea of the idiosyncracy of all the characters mentioned in this story, the boers, indians and blacks who interact and live together but separated by the racial laws of South Africa.
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Into the mind of an unsympathetic man,
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This review is from: The Conservationist (Paperback)
It has been several years since I read this novel, and what sticks in my memory vividly is the portrait Gordimer creates of a self-satisfied, white property-owner in apartheid-era South Africa. We see the world through his eyes, and we see how well it serves him, keeping him wealthy and comfortable. While he may notice that some suffer and are oppressed, he is not moved to do anything that would make a difference for them. Instead, he justifies his indifference with a sense of racial and class superiority. Gordimer captures the mental framework of someone who feels little or nothing for the misfortunes of others. What is interesting for the reader is that it requires an effort to step out of his mind and see his thoughts and behavior for what they are -- insensitive, self-serving, and at times brutal. Gordimer finds him at a time in his life when he is middle-aged and living alone, no longer married, his grown son estranged from him, and his mistress not all that endeared to him. While money, property, and influence keep him at a safe distance from the political troubles slowly encroaching on his private world, Gordimer reveals his physical and emotional isolation. His defense is to cut his losses and retreat even farther into his solitary world. It's a fascinating, well-written character study.
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masterpiece,
By Martijn13Maart1970 (Husavik Iceland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Conservationist (Paperback)
I have never been in SA, but every one can watch the news these days. This book depicts this country from both sides, the blacks and the whites, in a very realistic way. It seems like both people don't really make it work, because of mistakes they both make out of their own culture. It is one of those books that you will not forget, and for a good reason it is one of her most famous ones.higly recommended.
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