by Andre Brink · Flamingo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780006540014
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«A Chain of Voices» is the historical novel by André Brink, published by Flamingo in paperback (512 pages, in English).
Set in nineteenth-century South Africa, it addresses slavery on a farm in the Cape Colony. With multiple narrative voices, including deceased characters, Brink reconstructs the rebellion of the slave Galant, his relationships with the masters, and the consequences of racism in the community.
The work originally appeared in 1982 under the title «Houd-den-Bek»; this English edition was published in 1983.
For readers of historical fiction and African literature interested in colonial South Africa and slavery.
André Philippus Brink was a South African novelist, essayist and poet. He wrote in both Afrikaans and English and taught English at the University of Cape Town.
