The Story of an African Farm (Dodo Press) (Paperback)

from whangdoodle

I just this minute learned that Olive Schreiner is a pseudonym for Ralph Iron. Or could it be the other way around? I'm going to have to search around for the answer. I loved this book -- found it riveting and haunting.

from rainpebble

"The Story of an African Farm" by Olive Schreiner: My thoughts and comments: I found it to be more of an essay than a story for the most part. I loved it. It speaks to the very heart and soul of mankind. The story takes place in South Africa on a sheep farm. The main characters are three children...

from ifjuly

someone who really saw me in my writing, all of my hidden concerns nestled, recommended this to me out of the blue. she was spot on. this book, oh this book. millions of papers could be written about this book. in another life i would love to write a dissertation on it, frankly. there's a TON goi...

from mbmackay

I bought this book on a trip to Africa and was led to believe, by the title and blurb, that it was a conventional Victorian novel set in Africa. Wrong. The title is a total misdirection. While the beauty of the bleak desert landscape is a regular backdrop in the book, this is most definitely not ...

from HenriMoreaux

Written in the 1800s and set in circa 1860 Karoo, South Africa; The Story of an African Farm is certainly a product of it's time - the author displays attitudes of the time towards the native people of Africa referring to such as Hottentots, Kaffirs and children as niggers, terms which the reader...