Parametri
- 272pagine
- 10 ore di lettura
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WINNER OF THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE On her deathbed, Rachel Swart makes a promise to Salome, the family's Black maid. This promise will divide the family--especially her children: Anton, the golden boy; Astrid, whose beauty is her power; and the youngest, Amor, whose life is shaped by feelings of guilt. Reunited by four funerals over thirty years, the dwindling Swart family remains haunted by the unmet promise, just as their country is haunted by its own failures. The Promise is an epic South African drama that unfurls against the unrelenting march of history, sure to leave its readers transformed. "Simply: you must read it."--Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine ★ "This tour-de-force unleashes a searing portrait of a damaged family and a troubled country in need of healing."--Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
Acquisto del libro
The Promise: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner), Damon Galgut
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2022
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- (In brossura)
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- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Damon Galgut
- Editore
- Europa Editions
- Pubblicato
- 2022
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 272
- ISBN10
- 1609457447
- ISBN13
- 9781609457440
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Prosa storica, Narrativa contemporanea, Regali per il nonno, Regali per la nonna, Romanzi sociali, Africa, Razza, Razzismo, Repubblica del Sudafrica, Magnesia Litera, Apartheid, Premio Booker, Letteratura sudafricana, Vincitori
- Prima pubblicazione
- 2021
- Titolo originale
- The Promise
- Valutazione
- 3,8 su 5
- Descrizione
- WINNER OF THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE On her deathbed, Rachel Swart makes a promise to Salome, the family's Black maid. This promise will divide the family--especially her children: Anton, the golden boy; Astrid, whose beauty is her power; and the youngest, Amor, whose life is shaped by feelings of guilt. Reunited by four funerals over thirty years, the dwindling Swart family remains haunted by the unmet promise, just as their country is haunted by its own failures. The Promise is an epic South African drama that unfurls against the unrelenting march of history, sure to leave its readers transformed. "Simply: you must read it."--Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine ★ "This tour-de-force unleashes a searing portrait of a damaged family and a troubled country in need of healing."--Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)