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020			_a9781415210581 _qpbk
040			_aRDA _cOCLC
041			_2E
082			_aEF GALG
100			_aGalgut, Damon _950510
245		4	_aThe Promise
260			_aCape Town; _bUmuzi; _c2022.
300			_a242 pages; _c24 cm.
500			_aThere 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 centered 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 ...
942			_y174 _zSanet Schoeman
942			_cBOOK _2ddc
999			_c684703 _d684702