The Promise by Damon Galgut

Winner of the Booker Prize 2021 – discover the powerful story of a family in crisis.

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021

Discover the Sunday Times bestselling story of a family in crisis.

‘A tour de force… A spectacular demonstration of how the novel can make us see and think afresh’ Booker Judges, 2021

‘A masterpiece – a moving, brilliantly told family epic’ Elizabeth Day
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On a farm outside Pretoria, the Swarts are gathering for Ma’s funeral. The younger generation, Anton and Amor, detest everything the family stand for – not least their treatment of the Black woman who has worked for them her whole life. Salome was to be given her own house, her own land…yet somehow, that vow is carefully ignored.

As each decade passes, and the family assemble again, one question hovers over them. Can you ever escape the repercussions of a broken promise?
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‘Astonishing’ Colm T ibin

‘Bursting with life’ The Times

‘So powerful’ Clare Chambers

‘Utterly compelling’ Patrick Gale

‘Stunning’ Observer

** A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, i AND NEW STATESMAN **

About the Author: DAMON GALGUT is the author of nine novels. He won the Booker Prize 2021 for The Promise, having been shortlisted for the prize twice before (The Good Doctor and In A Strange Room). He lives and works in Cape Town.

03 Mar 2022
 

The Promise by Damon Galgut ISBN 9781529113877