The Promise
by Damon Galgut
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021 One family. One promise. One chance to tell a new story. 'A moving, brilliantly told family epic' Elizabeth Day THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER On a farm outside Pretoria, the Swarts are gathering for Ma's funeral. The younger generation, Anton and Amor, detest everything the family stand for - not least their treatment of the Black woman who has worked for them her whole life. Salome was to be given her own house, her own land...yet somehow, that vow is carefully ignored. As each decade passes, and the family assemble again, one question hovers over them. Can you ever escape the repercussions of a broken promise? 'A tour de force... A spectacular demonstration of how the novel can make us see and think afresh' Booker Judges, 2021 'Astonishing' Colm Tóibín 'Utterly compelling' Patrick Gale
About This Book
The Promise is a literary fiction novel by Damon Galgut, first published in 2021 by Random House. It runs 231 pages.
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- Genre
- Literary Fiction
- Published
- 2021
- Length
- 231 pages
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Publication Details
- Publisher
- Random House
- Published
- 2021
- Length
- 231 pages
- Language
- English
- ISBN-13
- 9781473584464
- ISBN-10
- 1473584469
- ASIN
- 1473584469
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- The Promise was written by Damon Galgut.
- When was The Promise published?
- The Promise was first published in 2021 by Random House.
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- The Promise is a literary fiction novel.
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- The Promise is 231 pages long.
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