The First Life Of Adamastor - André Brink
KORTE INHOUD
Andre Brink has earned his place among the most important authors on the international literary scene. His profound moral vision and unique ability to bring to the surface the turbulent undercurrents of South African politics and society have been hailed by reviewers of his much acclaimed novels such as A Dry White Season and A Chain of Voices. "No one writes of Africa with more visual power than Andre Brink," wrote the Chicago Tribune in its review of his most recent work, An Act of Terror. Now, in a provocative fable, Brink probes the fateful beginnings of his country's complex cultural situation, the arrival of the first Europeans, and the tormented love affair between a young African tribal leader and a white woman left behind by the sailors. This is a journey through landscapes that are rich in magic and allusion, and emotions that are powerful, primal, and eternal. Brink's novella has its origins in an act of rescue: What, he wondered, lay behind the fragments of myth that had been handed down about the...
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1993Uitgever: Seker & Warburg112 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0436201194ISBN-13: 9780436201196Koop dit boek tweedehands
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1993, paperback, age tanned, user wear, good copy [Auteur: Brink, André] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Seker & Warburg] [Jaar: 1993] [Titel: The First Life Of Adamastor]
