Imaginings of Sand
#2832 of 8,085 books · #1301 in Fiction
Shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award (1998).
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.
- Publisher
- Random House
- ISBN-13
- 9781446466469
- Genre
- Topics
- South African history and political changeFamily legacy and memoryMyth and storytelling
Awards
- International Dublin Literary AwardShortlistedMajor(1998)
Other awarded books from André Brink
- An Instant in the Wind (1976)0 wins · 4 score
- Rumours of Rain (1994)0 wins · 4 score
- Philida (2012)0 wins · 2 score
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