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 stewarsship; even the land rises up, as drought, then flood, destroy his farm. |
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Nobel Prize in Literature |
The Man Booker Prize |
The Best of the Booker |
The Best Books: The Top 100 Novels of All Time |