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There is nothing unusual or remarkable about the Swart family, oh no, they resemble the family from the next farm and the one beyond that, just an ordinary bunch of white South Africans, and if you don't believe it then listen to us speak. The many voices of 'The Promise' tell a story in four snapshots, each one centred on a family funeral, each one happening in a different decade. In the background, a different president is in power, and a different spirit hangs over the country, while in the foreground the family fights over what they call their farm, on a worthless piece of land outside Pretoria. Over large jumps in time, people get older, faces and laws and lives all change, while a brother and sister circle around a promise made long ago, and never kept.
Forlag Chatto and Windus
Utgivelsesår 2021
Format Heftet
ISBN13 9781784744076
EAN 9781784744076
Omtalt tid 1980-1989 1990-1999 2000-2009
Omtalt sted Sør-Afrika
Språk Engelsk
Sider 304
Utgave 1
Tildelt litteraturpris Booker-prisen 2021
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