Imaginings of Sand
by André Brink
Paperback
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Request this book.| Genre: | Classics |
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| Language: | English |
Paperback | |
| ISBN13: | 9780749395872 |
| ISBN10: | 0749395877 |
| Pages: | 354 |
| Dimensions: | 5.08 x 7.8 x 0.91 inches |
| Weight: | 255.15 g |
| Published: | January 01, 1997 |
| Edition: | 7 |
About the Book
Andre Brink has had a long career as a South African novelist, one that has provided him a forum for voicing his opposition to apartheid. Imaginings of Sand depicts the country as it makes the transition to democracy at the same time as Kristien Muller returns from self-imposed exile to the bedside of her dying grandmother, Ouma Kristina. At age 103, matriarchal Ouma is a fountain of family history and white South-African legend; to her granddaughter she passes on tales--magically unreal at times--that link the oppression suffered by women and blacks. While immersed in these fables of memory and emotion, Kristien must also deal with the current reality: a hostile family and authorities discomfited by the impending transition of power. --Alex Freeman