Publication

1974 - Cape, London, United Kingdom

Language

English

Word Count

63,000 words, Guess

Page Count

252 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveconservationist0000gord
  • ISBN-100224010352
  • ISBN-139780224010351
  • LibraryThing93537
  • Goodreads1508279
and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC823/.9/1F
  • LCCPZ4.G66 Co
  • LCCPR9369.3.G6 Co
and 1 more
  • LCCPR6057.O63; Co

Description

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.

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Other Editions

  • The conservationistCape1974-01-01

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