It begins with Maureen and Bamford having fled Johannesburg to reach a native village.
In one scene in this novel, a character accuses a man of stealing scissors and a knife-grinder as part of "a wild rush of need to destroy everything between them." Earlier in this novel, a woman is criticized for placing grass bundles in front of her house. Another character drowns newborn kittens in a bucket of water and remembers seeing a photograph of Lydia carrying school books on her head. The protagonists in this novel drive a yellow truck called a "bakkie," and it ends with a woman running towards a mysterious helicopter. It begins with Maureen and Bamford having fled Johannesburg to reach a native village. For 10 points, name this novel by Nadine Gordimer whose title character is the black servant of the Smales family.
In one scene in this novel, a character accuses a man of stealing scissors and a knife-grinder as part of "a wild rush of need to destroy everything between them."
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