Rumours Of Rain

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Description

Winter in South Africa – a time of searing drought, angry stirrings in Soweto, and the shadow of the Angolan conflict cast across the scorched bush.Martin Mynhardt, a wealthy Afrikaner, plans a weekend at his old family farm. But his visit coincides with a time of crisis in his personal life. In a few days, the security of a lifetime is destroyed and, with only the uncertain values of his past to guide him, Mynhardt is left to face the wreckage of his future.

Additional information

Weight 0.309 kg
Dimensions 2.7 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
by

Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

448

Publisher

Year Published

1994-3-14

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

0749399856

About The Author

Andre Brink (1935 – 2015) was one of South Africa's most prominent writers and is the author of several novels, including A Dry White Season, Imaginings of Sand, The Rights of Desire, The Other Side of Silence and Philida. He has won South Africa's most important literay prize, the CNA Award, three times and has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His last novel, Philida, was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2012.

A brilliant achievement

Other text

Peter Carey, García Márquez, Solzhenitsyn: André Brink must be considered with that class of writer'

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