The Dream House

<p>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.</p><p>So begins <em>The Dream House</em> 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.</p><p>This updated 2016 edition contains new content with Craig Higginson exploring the background to <em>The Dream House</em> his varied experiences in a farmhouse in KwaZulu-Natal and the subsequent and poignant motivations for this moving novel.</p>