André Brink’s intense historical adventure set in 18th-century South Africa is a passionate tale of love, hope and the struggle for survival.In 1749, a black man comes to the rescue of a white woman who is stranded in the wilderness of the South African interior. She is an educated woman, totally helpless in the wild. He is a runaway slave. At first, their relationship is guarded, but hesitantly there emerges between them a fellowship that engulfs their most private selves, as they undertake the long trek back to civilisation."Brink describes calamities and absurdities of the apartheid system with a cold lucidity that in no way interferes with high emotion and daring flights of the imagination." - Mario Vargas Llosa, New York Times Book ReviewAndré Brink is one of South Africa's most prominent writers. His novels include A Dry White Season, Imaginings of Sand, The Rights of Desire, The Other Side of Silence and Philida. He won South Africa’s most important literary prize, the CNA Award, three times and was twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His last novel, Philida, was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2012.

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André P Brink

Andre Brink

Sourcebooks, Incorporated

Sourcebooks, Inc., Naperville, Ill, 2008

United States, United States of America

Naperville, New York State, 2010

1, 2008

The Year Is 1749, When The Boers Ruled South Africa. And So It Has Come To His Baas's Final Command To His Hottentot Slave Adam, To Flog His Mother, Because She Refuses To Prune The Master's Vineyard In Order To Attend Her Own Beloved Mother's Funeral. And When He Refuses To Do So, And His Baas Smashes His Face With A Piece Of Wood, Adam Turns On Him, And Beats Him Almost To Death. Then He Flees To South Africa's Veld. There He Comes To The Rescue Of Elizabeth, A White Woman, And The Only Person To Survive Her Husband's Expedition In The Vast South African Interior. Alone And Terrified, She Pleads With The Runaway Slave To Bring Her Back To The Cape And Her Home. Adam Agrees Because He Believes By Rescuing Elizabeth, He Will Be Awarded His Own Freedom. This, Then Is The Stunning Story Of Their Trek Together, How They Find In Each Other Their Mutual Need And Humanity, And Finally How Their Days Together Turn Into An Unforgettable, Tender Love Story. Shortlisted For The 1976 Booker Prize

Shortlisted for the 1976 Booker Prize
The year is 1749, when the Boers ruled South Africa. And so it has come to his Baas's final command to his Hottentot slave Adam, to flog his mother, because she refuses to prune the master's vineyard in order to attend her own beloved mother's funeral. And when he refuses to do so, and his Baas smashes his face with a piece of wood, Adam turns on him, and beats him almost to death. Then he flees to South Africa's veld. There he comes to the rescue of Elizabeth, a white woman, and the only person to survive her husband's expedition in the vast South African interior. Alone and terrified, she pleads with the runaway slave to bring her back to the Cape and her home. Adam agrees because he believes by rescuing Elizabeth, he will be awarded his own freedom.
This, then is the stunning story of their trek together, how they find in each other their mutual need and humanity, and finally how their days together turn into an unforgettable, tender love story.

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