Title: The conservationist /
Authors: Gordimer, Nadine; Levin, Harry, 1912-1994; Zarudnaya, Elena,
Publisher: Cape,
Year: 1974
Subjects: Alienation (Social psychology) Fiction; South African fiction (English)
Abstract: 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.