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Availability:In StockContributor:Damon GalgutPublish date:2022-03-15Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:Europa EditionsISBN-13:9781609457440ISBN-10:1609457447UPC:9781609457440Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Family Life, Literary, SagasBook Topic:SiblingsSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.5798Product ID:SCA43SKAW4

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)

Language:EnglishPublisher:Europa EditionsISBN-13:9781609457440ISBN-10:1609457447UPC:9781609457440Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Family Life, Literary, SagasBook Topic:SiblingsSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.5798Product ID:SCA43SKAW4
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Damon Galgut was born in Pretoria. His 2003 novel The Good Doctor won the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Africa Region) and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. In a Strange Room (Europa, 2010) was also shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. In 2021, Galgut won the Booker Prize for The Promise (Europa, 2021). In 2013, Galgut was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

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