![]() ![]() His 2003 novel The Good Doctor won the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Africa Region) and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Confident, deft and quietly powerful, The Promise is literary fiction at its finest. Damon Galgut Damon Galgut was born in Pretoria. In this story of a diminished family, sharp and tender emotional truths hit home. And as the country moves from old deep divisions to its new so-called fairer society, the lost promise of more than just one family hovers behind the novel's title. ![]() The narrator's eye shifts and blinks: moving fluidly between characters, flying into their dreams deliciously lethal in its observation. yet somehow, as each decade passes, that promise remains unfulfilled. Damon Galgut was born in Pretoria, South Africa, in 1963. After years of service, Salome was promised her own house, her own land. The younger generation, Anton and Amor, detest everything the family stand for - not least the failed promise to the Black woman who has worked for them her whole life. ![]() The Swarts are gathering for Ma's funeral. The Promise charts the crash and burn of a white South African family, living on a farm outside Pretoria. The Promise Damon Galgut € 19.99 If not in stock, the expected delivery time to our store for this item will be 2-3 working days. ![]()
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