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Summary

A   farmhouse is being reproduced a dozen times, with slight variations,   throughout a valley. Three small graves have been dug in the front garden,   the middle one lying empty. A woman in a wheelchair sorts through boxes while   her husband clambers around the old demolished buildings, wondering where the   animals have gone. A young woman – called ‘the barren one’ behind her back –   dreams of love, while an ageing headmaster contemplates the end of his life.   At the entrance to the long dirt driveway, a car appears and pauses – pointed   towards the house like a silver bullet, ticking with heat.     So begins The Dream House,   Craig Higginson’s riveting and unforgettable novel set in the Midlands of   KwaZulu-Natal. Written with dark wit, a stark poetic style and extraordinary   tenderness, this is a story about the state of a nation and a deep meditation   on memory, ageing, meaning, family, love and loss. The Dream House is written   with such a fierce and steady compassion that the reader can only come away   from it transformed – ready to take on the challenges of living with a   renewed heart and a bigger vision.

Duration: about 7 hours (07:00:32)
Publishing date: 2019-05-30; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —

• Contemporary Fiction