A Chain of Voices |
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Author:
| Brink, André |
ISBN: | 978-1-281-82465-3 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2010 |
Publisher: | Sourcebooks, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $25.90 |
Book Description:
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On a farm near the Cape Colony in the early nineteenth century, a slave rebellion kills three and leaves eleven others condemned to death. The rebellions leader, Galant, was raised alongside the boys who would become his masters. His first victim, Nicholas van der Merwe, might have been his brother. As the many layers of Andre Brinks novel unfold, it becomes clear that the violent uprising is as much a culmination of family tensions as it is an outcry against the oppression of slavery....
More DescriptionOn a farm near the Cape Colony in the early nineteenth century, a slave rebellion kills three and leaves eleven others condemned to death. The rebellions leader, Galant, was raised alongside the boys who would become his masters. His first victim, Nicholas van der Merwe, might have been his brother. As the many layers of Andre Brinks novel unfold, it becomes clear that the violent uprising is as much a culmination of family tensions as it is an outcry against the oppression of slavery. Spanning three generations and narrated in the voices of both the living and the dead, A Chain of Voices is reminiscent of William Faulkners Absalom, Absalom!; it is a beautiful and haunting illustration of racisms plague on South Africa.