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Das Versprechen

byDamon Galgut

Genres: Fiction Unconventional Family Sagas

Who is this book for? Readers interested in family sagas and socio-political narratives.

Topics FamilyRace and PrejudiceSocial ClassChange and Transformation

MoodMelancholic, Reflective

Ausgezeichnet mit dem Booker Prize: Über den Zerfall einer weißen Farmerfamilie in Südafrika – von der Apartheid bis zur Demokratie. Mit großer erzählerischer Kraft und nah an den Personen schildert Damon Galgut eine Familiengeschichte, die sich über dreißig Jahre des politischen Umbruchs in Südafrika erstreckt – von der Apartheid bis hin zur Demokratie. Während sich das Land von den alten tiefen Spaltungen zu einer neuen, gerechteren Gesellschaft hin bewegt, schwebt über allem die Frage: Wie viel Verbitterung, wie viel Erneuerung, wie viel Hoffnung bleiben? »Das Versprechen« erzählt vom zunehmenden Zerfall einer weißen südafrikanischen Familie, die auf einer Farm außerhalb Pretorias lebt. Die Swarts versammeln sich zur Beerdigung ihrer Mutter Rachel, die mit vierzig an Krebs stirbt. Die jüngere Generation, Anton und Amor, verabscheuen alles, wofür die Familie steht – nicht zuletzt das gescheiterte Versprechen an die schwarze Frau, die ihr ganzes Leben für sie gearbeitet hat. Nach jahrelangem Dienst wurde Salome ein eigenes Haus, eigenes Land versprochen, doch irgendwie bleibt dieses Versprechen mit jedem Jahrzehnt, das vergeht, unerfüllt.

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