01249nam a2200193 b 4500 20240902102950.0 220701s9999 xx 000 1 und d 9781415210581 pbk RDA OCLC E EF GALG Galgut, Damon 50510 The Promise Cape Town; Umuzi; 2022. 242 pages; 24 cm. 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 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 ... 174 Sanet Schoeman BOOK ddc 684703 684702 0 0 0 0 RIETL RIETL 2022-06-24 232.00 0 33228031021376 2022-06-24 2022-06-24 BK ARN295/21 0 0 0 0 DOORL DOORL 2022-07-04 232.00 0 3390900081081 2022-07-04 2022-07-04 BK DOO 014/21 0 0 ddc 0 0 F STANRL SECL FIC 2024-09-02 260.50 0 EF GALG 33228031152473 2024-09-02 2024-09-02 BOOK 0 0 ddc 0 0 F STANRL amer FIC 2024-09-02 260.50 0 EF GALG 33228031152472 2024-09-02 2024-09-02 BOOK