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One broken promise becomes a concentrated account of property and post-apartheid injustice.
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The Promise
Damon Galgut2021 selection · Literary fiction
The Promise
A white South African family repeatedly fails to honor a promise that their Black housekeeper will receive her home. Four funerals reveal the family’s fractures alongside the country’s political transition.
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You like formally agile family sagas with political resonance.
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