The Promise

Resumen del libro

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'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. Discover the powerful prizewinning story of a family in crisis. 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?. Astonishing' Colm Toibin'Bursting with life' The Times'Utterly compelling' Patrick Gale'Gorgeous and pleasurable' Tessa Hadley'Stunning' Observer** A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, i AND NEW STATESMAN **

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p x{0026}lt;b Damon Galgutx{0026}lt;/b (Pretoria, Sudáfrica, 1963) es novelista y dramaturgo. Publicó su primera novela, x{0026}lt;i A Sinless Seasonx{0026}lt;/i , a los diecinueve años. Es autor de otras ocho novelas. Con la última de ellas, x{0026}lt;i La promesax{0026}lt;/i (2021; Libros del Asteroide, 2022), ganó el premio Llibreter y el premio Booker, galardón del que ya había sido finalista en dos ocasiones con x{0026}lt;i El buen doctorx{0026}lt;/i (2003) y x{0026}lt;i En una habitación ajenax{0026}lt;/i (2010; Libros del Asteroide, 2024). Su novela anterior, x{0026}lt;i Arctic Summerx{0026}lt;/i (2014), fue seleccionada para los premios Walter Scott y Folio. Su obra ha sido traducida a más de veinticinco idiomas. Actualmente vive y trabaja en Ciudad del Cabo.x{0026}lt;/p