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The First Life of Adamastor, A Story
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Artikel-Nr:
9781402232282
Veröffentl:
2007
Einband:
EPUB
Seiten:
144
Autor:
Andre Brink
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
He is the chieftain leader of the Khoikhoi, a nomadic people derogatorily called "e;Hottentot"e;' by European colonists. She is a white woman left behind by Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama's crew when they rounded Africa's southern tip in 1498. Their romance is the core of this powerful novella.According to Portuguese myth, Zeus turned Adamastor into the rocky cape of the South African peninsula. Andre Brink's parable suggests that white Europeans have punished native Africans in the same way. With this novel, Brink takes us to the heart of the relationships that define South Africa'smodern history."e;Peter Carey, Garcia Marquez, Solzhenitsyn: Andre Brink must be considered with that class of writer."e; -Guardian
He is the chieftain leader of the Khoikhoi, a nomadic people derogatorily called "e;Hottentot"e;' by European colonists. She is a white woman left behind by Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama's crew when they rounded Africa's southern tip in 1498. Their romance is the core of this powerful novella.According to Portuguese myth, Zeus turned Adamastor into the rocky cape of the South African peninsula. Andre Brink's parable suggests that white Europeans have punished native Africans in the same way. With this novel, Brink takes us to the heart of the relationships that define South Africa'smodern history."e;Peter Carey, Garcia Marquez, Solzhenitsyn: Andre Brink must be considered with that class of writer."e; -Guardian