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Other Lives

Andre Brink
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Pages
320
Year
2008
Language
English
Publisher
Sourcebooks Inc

About

In just one morning, he forgot who he was... Three provocative and interconnected stories from one of the world's greatest living writers: A white painter in Africa comes to his studio in the afternoon. On his doorstep, he sees a woman with curly hair and a dark complexion. He has never seen her before, but she embraces him. As he steps past her, two strange children rush to his feet yelling "Daddy!" This family welcomes him home, but he knows none of them. On the other side of Cape Town, a white man pulls himself out of bed and toward his mirror, where he is confronted by his suddenly black face. A concert pianist falls passionately in love with the celebrated singer he works beside, but cannot bring himself to touch her, until one night they sit down to eat dinner, and look up to see themselves surrounded by armed men. In this new novel, Andre Brink is at his best, exploring the fractured yet globalized world where we find ourselves and our lives transformed.

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  • General
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Reviews

"Rooted in the post-apartheid reality, the haunting connections raise elemental issues, disquieting and passionate. Do we always want to get home?"
Booklist
"A realistic book with surrealistic twists that allows the author to explore themes of race in contemporary South Africa. Brink (Before I Forget, 2007, etc. ) presents his narrative in three discrete but related parts. The first, "The Blue Door, " begins with an allusion to Kafka's The Metamorphosis, a story that supplies an appropriate metaphor for the world Brink's characters inhabit. David and
Kirkus Reviews

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