The Promise: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner) by Damon Galgut - Paperback
WINNER OF THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE
A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORSā CHOICE
On her deathbed, Rachel Swart makes a promise to Salome, the familyās Black maid. This promise will divide the familyāespecially 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.
āSimply: you must read it.āāClaire Messud, Harperās Magazine
ā āThis tour-de-force unleashes a searing portrait of a damaged family and a troubled country in need of healing.āāPublishers Weekly (Starred Review)
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WINNER OF THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE
A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORSā CHOICE
On her deathbed, Rachel Swart makes a promise to Salome, the familyās Black maid. This promise will divide the familyāespecially 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.
āSimply: you must read it.āāClaire Messud, Harperās Magazine
ā āThis tour-de-force unleashes a searing portrait of a damaged family and a troubled country in need of healing.āāPublishers Weekly (Starred Review)
