Jonathan Cape 1974 stated 1st edition.. No inscriptions. 4 square corners. a VG+ copy in lesser dustwrapper (shows fading to spine & adjacent and to top edges, shows residue of two small labels to front, no loss or tears). An excellent example among many copies of dubious quality.. 252pp brown cloth boards 8vo. A classic of SA apartheid literature by Booker Prize-winning author. A wealthy white industrialist learns that his place in Africa cannot be bought when an abandoned corpse surfaces on his property.

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Nadine Gordimer is a South African writer, political activist and Nobel laureate. Her book, The Conservationist , was awarded the Man Booker prize in 1974. It is an in-depth depiction of life in a South Africa town that is suffering through apartheid in the 1960’s and 70’s. The main character, Mehring, is a wealthy businessman and landowner. His success in industry provided the means to buy a 400-acre farm, which serves primarily as a tax write-off. In his quest for material success, Mehring has lost his wife and his mistress, while becoming estranged from his teenage son. The author has an uncanny ability to allow the reader to feel the isolation and desertion that abound in this superbly written book.

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Bookseller: Fables Bookshop (ZA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 25761
Title: THE CONSERVATIONIST.
Author: Gordimer, Nadine
Book Condition: Used - No inscriptions. 4 square corners. a VG+ copy in lesser dustwrapper (shows fading to spine & adjacent and to top edges, shows r
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0224010352
ISBN 13: 9780224010351
Publisher: Jonathan Cape 1974 stated 1st edition.
Place of Publication: London
This edition first published: 1987-12-27
Keywords: fiction south africa southern african modern first edition

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