Don’t miss the virtual book launch of The Promise by Damon Galgut, in conversation with Mark Gevisser (2 Jun)
More about the book!
Penguin Random House and The Reading List invite you to the virtual book launch of The Promise by Damon Galgut!
Galgut will be in conversation with Mark Gevisser.
The launch will be streamed live on The Reading List’s Facebook page and YouTube channel.
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Event details
Date: Wednesday 2 June 2021
Time: 19:00 SAST
Venue: The Reading List’s Facebook page and YouTube channel
Facebook event
About the book
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 …
Categories Fiction International South Africa
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