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1) The promise
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English
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A modern saga that could only have come from South Africa, written in gorgeous prose by the Booker Prize-shortlisted author Damon Galgut. Haunted by an unmet promise, the Swart family loses touch after the death of their matriarch. Adrift, the lives of the three siblings move separately through the uncharted waters of South Africa; Anton, the golden boy who bitterly resents his life's unfulfilled promises; Astrid, whose beauty is her power; and the...
3) Obietnica
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Polish
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South Africa, around Pretoria. The Swart family, wealthy Afrikaners, run a large farm here. Seemingly nothing makes them stand out. With time, however, it turns out that their fate was marked by death and a promise.
We meet Swartów in 1986, on the day of Rachel's funeral. The one on her deathbed makes her last wish - she wants her husband Mana to hand over to Salome - their devoted black maid - the ownership of the house where the woman lives with...
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