The Rights Of Desire by Brink Andre
Ruben Oliver's life is coming adrift from its moorings. One of his sons has settled in Australia, the other is about to emigrate to Canada while trying to persuade Ruben that it is too dangerous to remain. and his housekeeper, Magrieta, with whom he has a shared history that goes back more than half his life.
"The Rights of Desire is a book rooted in a place and a time where collective reality is taking a battering and where people are having to rely on themselves to make sense of what is coming into shapeOut of chaos always comes interesting art, and Brink is an excellent weather vane" * Sunday Express *
"A story that keeps one guessing until the end... An intelligent and gripping novel" * Literary Review *
"Achingly beautiful and moving... This is a splendid novel by a master of the craft" * Scotsman *
"A story that keeps one guessing until the end... An intelligent and gripping novel" * Literary Review *
"Achingly beautiful and moving... This is a splendid novel by a master of the craft" * Scotsman *
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099285731 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099285738 |
| Title | The Rights Of Desire |
| Author | André Brink |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2001-09-06 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Book Data/SAPnet Booksellers' Choice Award 2001 |
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