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Philida

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9780099578758

  • Length: 320  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 24mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 277g

  • RRP: £10.99

Philida

The year is 1832 and the Cape is rife with rumours about the liberation of slaves. Philida is the mother of four children by Francois Brink, the son of her master.

Francois has reneged on his promise to set her free and his father has ordered him to marry a white woman from a prominent family, selling Philida on to owners in the harsh country in the north. Unwilling to accept this fate, Philida tests the limits of her freedom by setting off on a journey. She travels across the great wilderness to the far north of Cape Town - determined to survive and be free.

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2012.

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9780099578758

  • Length: 320  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 24mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 277g

  • RRP: £10.99

Reviews

  • A compelling and memorable novel

    Alex Clark, Guardian

  • Rich and complex

    Paul Dunn, The Times

  • In the hands of Mr Brink, one of South Africa’s most famous novelists, the land breathes, it feels alive

    The Economist

  • Philida is a very powerful novel

    Michael Arditti, Daily Mail

  • A moving story of one woman’s struggle against hierarchies of race and gender that seek her absolute subjugation, Philida vividly dramatises the courage required to lay claim to the protections of the law, to speak out for ones rights even in the moment in which the law is on the wrong side of history

    Patrick Flannery, Daily Telegraph

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About the Author

André Brink

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.

André Brink

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