Confident, deft and quietly powerful, The Promise is literary fiction at its finest.0. The Promise tells the story of the Swarts, a white family descended from Dutch settlers who came to South Africa in the 17th century. And as the country moves from old deep divisions to its new so-called fairer society, the lost promise of more than just one family hovers behind the novel’s title.0 In this story of a diminished family, sharp and tender emotional truths hit home. After years of service, Salome was promised her own house, her own land… yet somehow, as each decade passes, that promise remains unfulfilled.0 The narrator’s eye shifts and blinks: moving fluidly between characters, flying into their dreams deliciously lethal in its observation. The younger generation, Anton and Amor, detest everything the family stand for – not least the failed promise to the Black woman who has worked for them her whole life. The Swarts are gathering for Ma’s funeral.
Winner of the Booker Prize 2021.00 The Promise charts the crash and burn of a white South African family, living on a farm outside Pretoria.
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