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The Train from Rhodesia Study Guide

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by Nadine Gordimer
About 44 pages (13,278 words)
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The Train from Rhodesia Study Guide consists of approx. 44 pages of summaries and analysis on The Train from Rhodesia by Nadine Gordimer. Browse the literature study guide below:

  Introduction

  Author Biography

  Plot Summary

  Chapter Summaries & Analysis

In the opening of The Train from Rhodesia, the author introduces a train station at an unnamed stop, where artists and merchants wait anxiously for tourists to arrive. A stationmaster walks out of his brick train station and straightens his serge uniform. The vendors, who are native to this region, prepare for the arrival of tourists. The stationmaster's barefoot children wander out of their grey mud hut. Chickens, dogs, and small children walk alongside the track. The heavy heat casts a reflection on the station. Thick sand flies through the air. The stationmaster's wife sits on her veranda, behind a mesh curtain, with a sheep carcass dangling above her head. (read more)
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  Characters

  Themes

  Style

  Historical Context

  Critical Overview

  Criticism

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      Critical Essay #3
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  Topics for Further Study

  Compare & Contrast

  What Do I Read Next?

  Further Reading

  Sources

  Copyright Information

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