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The Promise tells the story of the Swarts, a white family descended from Dutch settlers who came to South Africa in the 17th century. The three Swart children come of age in the 1990s during apartheid, a system that formally segregated South Africans by race.
May 30, 2012 · Michael K. Tourville. 4.07. 15 ratings2 reviews. Book by Tourville, Michael K. 90 pages, Paperback. First published May 30, 2012. Book details & editions.
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Apr 6, 2021 · The Promise is centred around exactly that - a promise which Amor, the youngest of the three Swart children (Astrid and Anton are the others) overhears her father Manie make before her mother Rachel dies.
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Mar 17, 2022 · reviewed by Ella Fox-Martens. Somewhere in apartheid Pretoria, 1985, Rachel Swart, a recently re-converted Jewish woman, dies of cancer. On her deathbed, she feverishly forces her Christian, Afrikaans husband to promise to give the maid, Salome, the house where she already lives.
Summary. In "Astrid," when Astrid gets back from her shift, she has a voicemail from Astrid. She ignores the message and performs her evening ritual to "forget herself for a while" (155). During dinner with Susan later, Amor ignores another call from Astrid.
“A Promise to Astrid” is a poignant and touching story of a special woman who gave of herself when she was facing the biggest battle of her life. Author Michael K. Tourville tells the story of his former neighbor, of her husband Dominic, and of himself and his wife Cindy.
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Apr 19, 2022 · The winner of the Booker Prize 2021, The Promise by Damon Galgut, is a literary classic and an engrossing tale of a white South African family’s downfall and collapse. It’s both a tragicomic family picture and a metaphor for the terrible treatment of Blacks during and after apartheid.
