Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. Andre brink s books include an instant in the wind and rumours of rain, both of which were shortlisted for the booker prize. List of books and articles about andre brink online. Philida is a slave in the old cape colony in the early 19th century, just before the british authorities abolished slavery. A fork in the road is one white afrikaners view of black south. The novel focuses on the death during detention of a man wrongly suspected of being a black activist. Andre brink, who has died aged 79, was the first afrikaans writer to have a book banned by the south african government in the decades when the national party was in power. More specifically, every novel appears both to construct, and to be constructed by, its own notion of language, elaborated through all the strategies of narrative. His diverse literary production encompasses novels, essays on literature and politics, literary anthologies, plays, childrens books, translations and a book of memoirs. Philida is an african slave girl, working for the brink family in the eastern cape in the early 19th century. Aug 31, 2011 discover book depositorys huge selection of andre brink books online. It reads like a thriller but, as you turn the pages, you have to cope with the knowledge that the harrowing scenes are based on real happenings. My guess is that sex sells and it might just open the door to a new audience and that jb pubs will benefit from the controversy. Feb 17, 20 philida is the latest offering from the south african author andre brink, whose antiapartheid novels along with those of such contemporaries as nadine gordimer and j.
It became the first book in afrikaans to be banned under apartheidera legislation, and brink was marked out as a traitor to his people. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. In the years since his countrys exclusionary racial policies have been abandoned, brink s stature as an. Andre brink is the author of numerous novels, including a dry white season, imaginings of sand, the rights of desire and the other side of silence. When francoiss father orders him to marry a woman from a prominent cape town family, francois reneges on his promise to give philida her freedom, threatening instead to sell her to new owners in the harsh country up north. Ben du toit is a white schoolteacher in suburban johannesburg in a dark time of intolerance and statesanctioned apartheid. A voice of conscience within south africas afrikaner community, novelist andre brink born 1935 earned both governmental censure and the enmity of many of his countrymen for his longstanding opposition to apartheid. Philida is the mother of four children by francois brink, the son of her master. Brink s early novels were often concerned with the apartheid policy. Feb 08, 2015 andre brink, who has died aged 79, was the first afrikaans writer to have a book banned by the south african government in the decades when the national party was in power. It provides a thorough exploration of the novels plot, characters and the historical context of the fight against apartheid in south africa. Szczurek and andre brink protea book house, 2018, with andres encouragement and support i was able to acknowledge the fact that i was a writer and that this would be forever my way of being in the world. Andre brinks memoir for better or worse books and arts.
A landmark book that blazed light on one of the business worlds dirtiest secrets, the bully at work exposed the destructive, silent epidemic of workplace bullying that devastates the lives, careers, and families of millions. Although he was born into a privileged family, his time at a french university proved a formative experience, and convinced him of the inherent injustice of the apartheid system which was in place in south africa at that time. As brink later put it, a ban never simply meant silencing you, it meant that you were. Andre brink biography may contain just a touch too much. Novel for foreigners who want to understand the afrikaner. Andre brinks most popular book is a dry white season. His final works engaged new issues raised by life in. As i wrote in the note on my latest publication, you make me possible. About andre brink andre brink was a south african teacher, writer and social activist of afrikaner descent. Throughout his large and diverse literary production, one that encompasses novels, essays on literature and politics, literary anthologies, plays, childrens books, translations and a book of memoirs, andre brink has constantly explored, in his own words, his lovehate relationship with the afrikaner and his position as afrikaans writer as a cultural schizophrene. In his eventful life certain details of which can be found in a short biography, below he has written over sixty books see selected bibliography which have been published in thirtythree languages and have received numerous prestigious prizes. Jul 07, 2009 andre brink, has been nominated for the nobel three times, shortlisted for the booker twice and won the commonwealth prize three times.
He has won south africas most important literary prize, the cna award, three times more about andre brink. As startling and powerful as when first published more than two decades ago, andre brinks classic novel, a dry white season, is an unflinching and unforgettable look at racial intolerance, the human condition, and the heavy price of morality. Andre philippus brink, ois 29 may 1935 6 february 2015 was a south african novelist. Despite the facti thinkthat his novels provided a raison detre for white south africans claim to the country as much as their black compatriots, they seemed to me to be far more wholesome take on the country as a whole than the work of his contemporaries. Andre brink draws on his own familys history for the often shocking detail of what happens to her, but too much of his research is decanted into the novel in undigested form, at the expense of the story. Andre brink, one of south africas bestknown novelists, insists that his new book is not autobiography.
Brinks early novels were often concerned with the apartheid policy. Andre brink s latest novel about his own people, the ruling afrikaners of south africa, preaches opposition to apartheid in the unadorned fatalistic style that afrikaners believe is frank and honest. Sep 19, 2006 as startling and powerful as when first published more than two decades ago, andre brinks classic novel, a dry white season, is an unflinching and unforgettable look at racial intolerance, the human condition, and the heavy price of morality. After that, andre brink wrote his works simultaneously in english and afrikaans. His new novel, the other side of silence, about colonial africa in the. The kknk is turning 25 this year and it is my great pleasure to be part of the writers programme at the festival. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read philida.
South african writer andre brink, one of the most outspoken critics of the apartheid regime, has died. Andre brink has 83 books on goodreads with 29455 ratings. Novellalength fable from south african writer brink an act of terror, 1989, etc. Andre brink stayed in south africa to see his novels become the first afrikaans works banned by the government.
Andre brink, has been nominated for the nobel three times, shortlisted for the booker twice and won the commonwealth prize three times. A collection of warmedover, postmodern theorizing pieces on the centrality and selfconsciousness of language in novels past and present. Coetzee by rosemary jane jolly ohio university press, 1996. Philida by andre brink by andre brink by andre brink by andre brink. Praise for andre brink south african novelist brink is a master stylist.
The novel challenges apartheid, depicting the transformation of a ruling class afrikaners. Publishers weekly brink describes calamities and absurdities of the apartheid system with a cold lucidity that in no way interferes with high emotion and daring flights of the imagination. Brink, 79, died on friday night on board a flight to cape town after visiting belgium where he had received an honorary doctorate, local media say. In this challenging and wideranging new study, andre brink argues that this selfconsciousness has been a characteristic of the novel since its earliest stirrings. Being the life of a famous rebel, soldier, traveller, explorer, reader, builder, scribe, latinist, lover and liar by brink, andre philippus and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. It seems from the endnotes that it is loosely based on andre brinks own ancestors. Andre brinks latest novel about his own people, the ruling afrikaners of south africa, preaches opposition to apartheid in the unadorned fatalistic style that afrikaners believe is frank and honest. Discover librarianselected research resources on andre brink from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more. Most of the firstperson narration in this new novel, however, is given to philida. Online shopping from a great selection at books store.