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Binding
Paperback
Number of Pages
304
Age Group
All
Language
English
Book Summary
Winner Of The Booker Prize 2021, The Promise Is A Powerful Work Of Literary Fiction About A White South African Family Living On A Farm Outside Pretoria. As MaโS Funeral Gathers Relatives, The Swarts Confront A History Built On Service And Unkept Promises To Salome, The Black Woman Who Has Worked For Them For Decades. Anton And Amor, The Younger Generation, Question The Cost Of The Unfulfilled PledgeโHer Own House And Land. The Promise Moves From Old Divisions To A New South Africa, Asking What A Country Owes A Family And What A Family Owes Itself. This Intimate, Contemplative Novel Is Ideal For Readers Who Savor Moral Nuance, Family Sagas, And Precise, Affecting Prose.
Written In A Deft, Multi-Voiced Style, The Narrative Moves Between The Voices Of Anton, Amor, And Salome, Occasionally Slipping Into Their Dreams And Memories. The Result Is An Immersive, Intimate Reading Experience Where The Line Between Memory And Truth Keeps Shifting, And The Reader Feels At The Table With The Characters. The Prose Is Precise And Lyrical, The Pace Unhurried, Letting Quiet MomentsโAnd The Weight Of A Life Of ServiceโStretch And Resonate.
Through The Swarts' Story, The Promise Maps A Country Moving From Old Divisions Toward A New Society, And Asks How The Promises Of The Past Land In The Present. The Farm Outside Pretoria Becomes A Quiet Crucible For Power, Obligation, And Longing, Where Questions Of Land, Dignity, And Justice Unfold With Stark Honesty. This Is Fiction That Reads Like A Social History And A Family Portrait At Once, Both Tender And Exacting.
After Finishing The Promise, Readers Carry With Them A Deeper Awareness Of How Memory And History Shape FamiliesโAnd Who Is Owed A Future. It Offers A Quiet But Enduring Reminder Of The Price Of Promises Kept, And The Ways Love, Loyalty, And Forgiveness Can Endure Even Amid Change.
Product Details
Author
Damon Galgut
Number of Pages
304
Language
English
SKU
BK0441975
ISBN
9781784744076
Reading Age
All
Dimensions
13.5 x 2.2 x 21.6 cm
Binding
Paperback
MRP: โน 699
โน 588
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