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Apr 6, 2021 · Damon Galgut. 3.87. 43,068 ratings4,497 reviews. The Promise , winner of the 2021 Booker Prize, charts the crash and burn of a white South African family, living on a farm outside Pretoria. The Swarts are gathering for Ma's funeral.
Apr 6, 2021 · 4.1 4,927 ratings. See all formats and editions. WINNER OF THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE. A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE. A modern family saga written in gorgeous prose by three-time Booker Prize-shortlisted author Damon Galgut. Haunted by an unmet promise, the Swart family loses touch after the death of their matriarch.
The Promise is a 2021 novel by South African novelist Damon Galgut, published in May 2021, by Umuzi, an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa. It was published by Europa Editions in the US and by Chatto & Windus in the UK. The novel was awarded the 2021 Booker Prize, making Galgut the third South African to win the Prize.
Jun 17, 2021 · Written by Damon Galgut. The Promise won the Booker Prize in 2021. Brutal emotional truths hit home in Damon Galgut’s deft, powerful story of a diminished family and a troubled land. The narrator’s eye shifts and blinks, deliciously lethal in its observation of the crash and burn of a white South African family.
Nov 3, 2021 · “The Promise” was one of six shortlisted novels and stood out for its artistry and scope, judges said. “This is a book about inheritance and legacy,” Maya Jasanoff, the chair of the 2021...
Jun 17, 2021 · The Promise: WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021 Kindle Edition. by Damon Galgut (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.2 9,822 ratings. See all formats and editions. Book Description. Editorial Reviews. 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.
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4.0 10,141 ratings. See all formats and editions. **WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021** 'A tour de force... A spectacular demonstration of how the novel can make us see and think afresh' Booker Judges 2021. Discover the powerful prizewinning story of a family in crisis.
- Damon Galgut
