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Author Galgut, Damon, 1963- author.

Title The promise / Damon Galgut.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : Europa Editions, [2021]
©2021
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2069151~S1
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 95th Street Adult Fiction  F GALGUT    DUE 04-01-24
 Naper Blvd. Adult Fiction  F GALGUT    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Fiction  F GALGUT    AVAILABLE
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Description 269 pages ; 22 cm
Contents Ma -- Pa -- Astrid -- Anton -- Acknowledgments.
Summary A modern saga that could only have come from South Africa, brilliantly written by Booker Prize-shortlisted author Damon Galgut. Haunted by an unmet promise, the Swart family graduallycomes apart after the death of their matriarch. Adrift, the lives of the three siblings move separately through the uncharted waters of a changing South Africa; Anton, the golden boy who bitterly resents his life's unfulfilled promises; Astrid, whose beauty is her power; and the youngest, Amor, whose life is shaped by a nebulous feeling of guilt. Reunited by three funerals over three decades, the dwindling family reflects the atmosphere of its country -- an atmosphere of resentment, revewal, and possibility. The Promise is an epic drama that unfurls against the unrelenting march of hsitory. -- dust jacket.
Subject Families -- Fiction.
Siblings -- Fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Fiction.
South Africa -- Fiction.
Genre Domestic fiction.
Epic fiction.
ISBN 9781609456580
1609456580
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