
Imaginings of Sand
André Brink
A narrative counterpoint between two women, two South Africas. Kristien Muller returns from London to her homeland to fulfil a promise. Her grandmother lies on her deathbed unleashing a turmult of myth, legend and brute fact. Confronted by the realities of a land hurtling towards change, Kristien discovers that the present holds its own moments of savagery. A searing panorama of South Africa's experience, reminiscent in its political & imaginative scope of Marquez's One Hundred Years Of Solitude.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Random House
- Year
- 2011
- ISBN-13
- 9781446466469
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topics
- South African history and political changeFamily legacy and memoryMyth and storytelling
Awards
- International Dublin Literary AwardShortlistedMajor(1998)
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