A novel set in early 1900s ryral Southern Rhodesia ptiWished in 1950.įeeling displaced on the veld m Southern Rhodesia, a white woman breaks the color bar fey becoming too intimate with her African servant and pays for the Indiscretion with tier life.Įvents in History at the Time of the NovelĮvents in History at the Time the Novel Was Writtenīorn October 22, 1919, in Kermanshah, Persia (present-day Iran), Doris Lessing moved to a farm in Southern Rhodesia with her family in 1925.
