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The Conservationist is a 1974 novel by the South African writer Nadine Gordimer. The book was a joint winner of the Booker-McConnell Prize for fiction. It is described as more complex in design and technique than Gordimer's earlier novels.
The Conservationist of the title, a wealthy industrialist named Mehring, buys a weekend farm and works to restore it. This puts him into a new relationship with his black employees, his Boer neighbors, and the land itself.
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Jul 2, 2010 · English. Joint winner 1974 Booker prize. Mehring, a wealthy, dominating South African industrialist moves to preserve his way of life, his power, and his possessions in the face of massive injustice and suffering, changing times, and death. Access-restricted-item.
Complete summary of Nadine Gordimer's The Conservationist. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of The Conservationist.
Jan 1, 1974 · Nadine Gordimer. 298 books879 followers. Follow. Nadine Gordimer was a South African writer, political activist, and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature. She was recognized as a woman "who through her magnificent epic writing has – in the words of Alfred Nobel – been of very great benefit to humanity".
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The Conservationist of the title, a wealthy industrialist named Mehring, buys a weekend farm and works to restore it. This puts him into a new relationship with his black employees, his Boer neighbors, and the land itself.
- Nadine Gordimer
Study Guide for The Conservationist. The Conservationist study guide contains a biography of Nadine Gordimer, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. About The Conservationist; The Conservationist Summary; Character List; Glossary; Themes; Read the Study Guide for The Conservationist…
