Questo romanziere sudafricano, che scriveva sia in afrikaans che in inglese, fu una figura chiave del movimento letterario afrikaans Die Sestigers. Questo movimento mirava a utilizzare l'afrikaans come lingua di protesta contro il governo dell'apartheid, integrando al contempo influenze letterarie inglesi e francesi contemporanee. I primi romanzi di Brink esplorarono frequentemente le pervasive politiche dell'apartheid, mentre le sue opere successive affrontarono le complesse problematiche sorte nella Sudafrica post-apartheid. Affrontò coraggiosamente argomenti controversi, e la sua opera figura tra i primi libri in afrikaans a subire la censura governativa.
Francois has reneged on his promise to set her free and his father has ordered him to marry a white woman from a prominent family, selling Philida on to owners in the harsh country in the north. Unwilling to accept this fate, Philida tests the limits of her freedom by setting off on a journey.
In just one morning, he forgot who he was...Three provocative and interconnected stories from one of the world's greatest living writers:A white painter in Africa comes to his studio in the afternoon. On his doorstep, he sees a woman with curly hair and a dark complexion. He has never seen her before, but she embraces him. As he steps past her, two strange children rush to his feet yelling "Daddy!" This family welcomes him home, but he knows none of them.On the other side of Cape Town, a white man pulls himself out of bed and toward his mirror, where he is confronted by his suddenly black face.A concert pianist falls passionately in love with the celebrated singer he works beside, but cannot bring himself to touch her, until one night they sit down to eat dinner, and look up to see themselves surrounded by armed men.
In his early years, growing up on a Dutch farm in the deep interior of the southern African Cape, Cupido Cockroach became the greatest drinker, liar, fornicator and fighter of his region.
Chris Minnaar is an old author who has lost whatever gift he had for writing. On New Year's Eve, courtesy of a stalled car, he meets Rachel, a young sculptress, a good samaritan who becomes the great love of his life, a love greater for being unfulfilled.
As a small child in a wintry Bremen, Hanna dreams about the other side of silence, the place where the wind comes from and palm trees wave in the sun. schovat popis
Ruben Oliver's life is coming adrift from its moorings. He has been obliged to take early retirement from his job as a librarian due to 'rationalisation' and the new political realities of South Africa. His wife has died. One of his sons has settled in Australia, the other is about to emigrate to Canada while trying to persuade Ruben that it is too dangerous to remain. The only constants are his old family home, haunted by the ghost of a young slave woman; and his housekeeper, Magrieta, with whom he has a shared history that goes back more than half his life.When Tessa Butler comes out of the rain one night in response to an advertisement for a lodger, Ruben is captivated by her. She restores passion to his life, but brings with her a turbulent past.
A reporter in South Africa discovers a lost valley whose inhabitants continue to practice apartheid. They are the descendants of an 1880s fundamentalist Christian sect and they have managed to maintain their isolation by murdering visitors. A satire on Afrikaner culture by the author of A Dry White Season.
Outeniqua 1994: una città immaginaria nel Sudafrica di pochi mesi prima delle elezioni che porteranno Nelson Mandela al potere. Kristien, dopo molti anni di esilio a Londra, torna nella città dove ha trascorso la sua infanzia per vegliare la nonna, Ouma Kristina, in punto di morte, dopo che la sua casa è stata oggetto di un attentato terroristico. Ouma, ancora mentalmente vivacissima, è ossessionata dall'idea di non riuscire a trasmettere alla nipote la storia della famiglia e del Sudafrica. E le racconta tantissime storie affascinanti, tratte dalla realtà e dal mito, che finiscono per far emergere una sottile analogia tra le donne della famiglia e che arrivano fino a lei, Kristien, la ribelle e fuggitiva che ha lasciato il suo paese, e a sua sorella, Anna, che invece è rimasta e ha sposato un violento razzista e gli ha dato dei figli. Saranno proprio i rapporti tra le due sorelle a ricondurre il romanzo all'attualità per poi farlo sfociare nella tragedia finale.
Generationenübergreifende Saga einer Burenfamilie in Südafrika.
