The Promise
9 hrs. 37 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Damon Galgut
Author
Damon Galgut
Narrator
Tatiana Bondarenko
Narrator
Tatiana Bondarenko
Description
Booker Prize winner novel 2021. A story of anger, renewal, and hope.
1986. The head of the Swart family promises his dying wife that their maid Salome—“the one who came to their family with the farm”—will be rewarded with a house where she lives, for her long service. After the funeral, the conversation is quickly forgotten, leaving only a single accidental witness—Amor, the youngest daughter of the Swarts—with the memory. But what can a child do?
Decades pass, generations change, the family slowly falls apart—yet will anyone fulfill even one of the promises made long ago?
1986. The head of the Swart family promises his dying wife that their maid Salome—“the one who came to their family with the farm”—will be rewarded with a house where she lives, for her long service. After the funeral, the conversation is quickly forgotten, leaving only a single accidental witness—Amor, the youngest daughter of the Swarts—with the memory. But what can a child do?
Decades pass, generations change, the family slowly falls apart—yet will anyone fulfill even one of the promises made long ago?
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