The Conservationist
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The Conservationist is a 1974 novel by South African writer Nadine Gordimer that explores race, land ownership, and apartheid-era power dynamics through the story of a wealthy white industrialist who buys a farm as a status symbol.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Nadine Gordimer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Booker Prize (shared) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1974 Booker Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
alienation
ⓘ
apartheid power dynamics ⓘ class inequality ⓘ environment and conservation ⓘ land ownership ⓘ race relations in South Africa ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | South Africa ⓘ |
| coWinnerAuthor | Stanley Middleton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coWinnerWith | Holiday NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
political novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
black farm workers
ⓘ
white industrialist ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
death and decay
ⓘ
dispossession ⓘ environmental stewardship ⓘ land as power ⓘ |
| hasReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
apartheid
ⓘ
black labor on white-owned land ⓘ white privilege in South Africa ⓘ |
| influencedDiscussionOf | land reform in South African literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | anti-apartheid literature ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
non-linear structure
ⓘ
shifting focalization ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Mehring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | critical portrayal of white land ownership in apartheid South Africa ⓘ |
| pageCountApprox | about 270 pages ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | Nadine Gordimer's apartheid-era novels ⓘ |
| plotElement | a wealthy industrialist buys a farm as a status symbol ⓘ |
| protagonistDescription | wealthy white industrialist ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | apartheid-era South Africa ⓘ |
| setting | a farm in rural South Africa ⓘ |
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