A home for the highland cattle
Subtitle: and, The antheap
By: Doris Lessing ; edited by Jean Pickering.
Contributors: Pickering, Jean.; Lessing, Doris May, 1919-
Series: Broadview literary texts
Publisher: Broadview Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Peterborough, Ont; Orchard Park, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Africa -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: A Home for the Highland Cattle is the wry comedy of a young English woman newly settled in an African city who, from the most enlightened of motives, departs from the generally accepted way of dealing with native servants. In the The Antheap, set in the gold fields of the former Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Tommy, the son of a white mine manager, has a tumultuous relationship with Dirk, the "half-caste" son of the mine owner.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-202).
"Originally published in Five (1953)"--P. [4] of cover.
"Includes ... a critical introduction ... excerpts from interviews with Doris Lessing, short fiction by contemporary African women writers, reviews, and historical documents focussing on race and socio-economic conditions in the former Southern Rhodesia"--P. [4] of cover.