000			01135nam a22001457a 4500
020			_a9781784744076
082			_a823 _bGAL/PR
100			_aGalgut, Damon
245			_aThe promise
260			_aUnited Kingdom _bPenguin Books _c2021
300			_a293p.
520			_a WINNER OF THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZEThere 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 ...
650			_aFuneral rites and ceremonies
942			_cBK
999			_c12407 _d12406