false \ 96337 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171311091m/96337.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171311091m/96337.jpg 96337 11 1499841 24 2 1983 The Conservationist total:144|5:14|4:54|3:48|2:20|1:8| 144 478 315 23 96337 0140047166 9780140047165 134 22 3.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171311091m/96337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96337.The_Conservationist 3 1 false Sat Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 12:29:47 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 11 11:46:53 -0800 2008 The Death of Artemio Cruz, in which Artemio's life and death serve as metaphors for the historic arc of the Mexican Revolution and the corrupt PRI party it spawned, the anti-hero of The Co...more...]]> 96337 0140047166 9780140047165 134 22 3.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171311091m/96337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96337.The_Conservationist 3 1 false Mon Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 18:34:05 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 18:35:08 -0700 2008
On the one hand, it had some brilliant parts. The overall themes of apartheid are incredibly subtle but powerful. Many of the passages are very poetic and evocative. At the end I could honestly say that I felt I'd been through a good experience. She does ...more...]]> 96337 0140047166 9780140047165 134 22 3.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171311091m/96337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96337.The_Conservationist 3 0 false Tue Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Feb 05 22:43:06 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 28 16:17:57 -0700 2009
In fact, Conserva...more...]]> 96337 0140047166 9780140047165 134 22 3.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171311091m/96337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96337.The_Conservationist 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 09:46:37 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 09:53:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 96337 0140047166 9780140047165 134 22 3.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171311091m/96337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96337.The_Conservationist 4 0 false Sun Oct 07 11:32:50 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 11:32:50 -0700 2007 The Conservationist is set in South Africa under apartheid. Though it is written in the third person and occasionally provides insight into other characters' thoughts and experiences, perspective is largely limited to Mehring, a rich, white, middle-aged businessman. He is a loner who lives and wor...more...]]> 96337 0140047166 9780140047165 134 22 3.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171311091m/96337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96337.The_Conservationist 5 1 false Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 12:36:40 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 07:11:37 -0800 2008 Whatever the plot, the back story is always the insideousness of racism in apartheid South Africa...more...]]> 96337 0140047166 9780140047165 134 22 3.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171311091m/96337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96337.The_Conservationist 1 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 29 20:37:15 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 20:38:07 -0700 2009 96337 0140047166 9780140047165 134 22 3.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171311091m/96337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96337.The_Conservationist 3 0 false Sun Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 14:00:08 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 21:05:14 -0800 2009 96337 0140047166 9780140047165 134 22 3.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171311091m/96337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96337.The_Conservationist 1 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 04:56:37 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 05:01:10 -0700 2009
Unfinished.]]> 96337 0140047166 9780140047165 134 22 3.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171311091m/96337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96337.The_Conservationist 0 0 false Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 17:33:56 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 18:39:53 -0700 2009 96337 0140047166 9780140047165 134 22 3.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171311091m/96337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96337.The_Conservationist 0 0 false Mon Dec 15 11:42:10 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 11:42:23 -0800 2008 96337 0140047166 9780140047165 134 22 3.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171311091m/96337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96337.The_Conservationist 3 0 false Wed Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 08:53:52 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 19:06:11 -0700 2008 Burger's Daughter but it might be just because the main character here is a man. Gordimer's writing is so elliptical and beautiful, and she mak...more...]]> 96337 0140047166 9780140047165 134 22 3.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171311091m/96337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96337.The_Conservationist 2 0 false Wed Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 06:38:26 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 20:14:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 96337 0140047166 9780140047165 134 22 3.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171311091m/96337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96337.The_Conservationist 3 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 13:30:38 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 27 12:40:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 96337 0140047166 9780140047165 134 22 3.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171311091m/96337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96337.The_Conservationist 2 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Aug 12 18:10:56 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 04:53:41 -0800 2009
i like the way they approach industrialists and such non sense, but Gordimer is schizophrenic in her writing. sometimes im not sure if what im reading is there or not.

still, if you like colonialism and south africa, you'll dig this book....more...]]> 96337 0140047166 9780140047165 134 22 3.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171311091m/96337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96337.The_Conservationist 2 0 false Wed Aug 20 11:06:44 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 11:08:03 -0700 2008 96337 0140047166 9780140047165 134 22 3.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171311091m/96337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96337.The_Conservationist 4 0 false Thu Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Feb 29 12:13:15 -0800 2008 Thu Jun 12 15:33:50 -0700 2008 1974 Booker

An engaging look at South Africa in the 70s as seen through the eyes of a well-off white man and his farm.]]> 96337 0140047166 9780140047165 134 22 3.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171311091m/96337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96337.The_Conservationist 0 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 29 06:51:31 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 14 12:50:55 -0800 2008 96337 0140047166 9780140047165 134 22 3.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171311091m/96337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96337.The_Conservationist 5 0 false Sun Sep 14 08:34:42 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 08:34:59 -0700 2008 96337 0140047166 9780140047165 134 22 3.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171311091m/96337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96337.The_Conservationist 0 0 false Fri Jun 01 14:52:09 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 02 19:33:52 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=96337