A Dry White Season - Couverture rigide

Brink, Andre Philippus

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 068803568X ISBN 13 : 9780688035686

Editeur : William Morrow & Co, 1980

Synopsis

Book by Brink Andre Philippus

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

As startling and powerful as when first published more than two decades ago, André Brink's classic novel, A Dry White Season, is an unflinching and unforgettable look at racial intolerance, the human condition, and the heavy price of morality.

Ben Du Toit is a white schoolteacher in suburban Johannesburg in a dark time of intolerance and state-sanctioned apartheid. A simple, apolitical man, he believes in the essential fairness of the South African government and its policies—until the sudden arrest and subsequent "suicide" of a black janitor from Du Toit's school. Haunted by new questions and desperate to believe that the man's death was a tragic accident, Du Toit undertakes an investigation into the terrible affair—a quest for the truth that will have devastating consequences for the teacher and his family, as it draws him into a lethal morass of lies, corruption, and murder.

Revue de presse :

"Excellent...[a] harrowing and surprising story. The ultimate power of the book comes from an authoritative meditation on the traps that open up for someone who answers to himself before society" (Scotsman)

"The revolt of the reasonable...far more deadly than any amount of shouting from the housetops" (Guardian)

"Impossible to recommend too highly" (Time Out)

"Books like this one succeed...in drawing our emotions into politics. What will remain is the plain bravery of his characters...their struggle has found an honest chronicler" (Daily Telegraph)

"Andre Brink's writing is built on conviction...A Dry White Season describes the triumph of tyranny" (The Times)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: William Morrow & Co
• Date d'édition: 1980
• ISBN 10: 068803568X
• ISBN 13: 9780688035686
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 316