The Promise
«A superb novel; a nuanced, sad, hilarious portrait of a family and a country»
PAULA HAWKINS
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Vintage
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 304
- ISBN
- 9781529113877
- Utgivelsesår
- 2022
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
- Priser
- Booker Prize 2021
Anmeldelser
«A superb novel; a nuanced, sad, hilarious portrait of a family and a country»
PAULA HAWKINS
«This story was so powerful, the writing so strong and supple... What an achievement»
CLARE CHAMBERS
«A moving, brilliantly told family epic . . . darkly comic . . . phenomenally good»
ELIZABETH DAY
«Layered, clever...with a gripping story»
CLAIRE FULLER, Daily Mail, Books of the Year
«A brilliant book told over four decades and four funerals . . . These are characters dancing on the edge of ruin . . . Intoxicating»
ANNA HOPE
«Astonishing . . . about fate and loss, about three siblings and land, a promise made a broken»
COLM TOIBIN
«A remarkable tale of four generations of one South African family and of the country itself... No wonder it won the Booker»
Observer, Books of the Year
«Vivid and suggestive, moving and often very funny»
Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year
«Outstanding . . . Gripping . . . There is also plenty of unexpected comedy»
BBC News
«Brilliant... Rarely have I had such a strong sense, while reading a novel, that I myself was there, in the room with the characters»
Financial Times