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The Promise
| Autor: |
Damon Galgut
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| Jazyk: |
anglicky |
| Vazba: |
měkká |
| Počet stran: |
320 |
| Formát: |
12,8 x 19,8 cm |
| ISBN/EAN: |
9781529113877 |
| Nakladatel: |
Vintage |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Edice: |
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Discover the Sunday Times bestselling story of a family in crisis.
On a farm outside Pretoria, the Swarts are gathering for Ma's funeral. The younger generation, Anton and Amor, detest everything the family stand for - not least their treatment of the Black woman who has worked for them her whole life. Salome was to be given her own house, her own land...yet somehow, that vow is carefully ignored.
As each decade passes, and the family assemble again, one question hovers over them. Can you ever escape the repercussions of a broken promise?
Shortlisted for the 2022 Rathbones Folio Prize
** A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, i AND NEW STATESMAN **
Review
A remarkable tale of four generations of one South African family and of the country itself... No wonder it won the Booker ― Observer, Books of the Year
Vivid and suggestive, moving and often very funny ― Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year
Brilliant... Rarely have I had such a strong sense, while reading a novel, that I myself was there, in the room with the characters ― Financial Times
A dazzling feat of kaleidoscopic storytelling ― The Times, Books of the Year
Layered, clever...with a gripping story ― Claire Fuller, Daily Mail, Books of the Year
About the Author
DAMON GALGUT is the author of nine novels. He won the Booker Prize 2021 for The Promise, having been shortlisted for the prize twice before (The Good Doctor and In A Strange Room). He lives and works in Cape Town.
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