{"product_id":"the-promise-winner-of-the-booker-prize-2021-9781529113877","title":"The Promise: WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne family. One promise. One chance to tell a new story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A moving, brilliantly told family epic' Elizabeth Day\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a farm outside Pretoria, the Swarts are gathering for Ma's funeral. The younger generation, Anton and Amor, detest everything the family stand for - not least their treatment of the Black woman who has worked for them her whole life. Salome was to be given her own house, her own land...yet somehow, that vow is carefully ignored.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs each decade passes, and the family assemble again, one question hovers over them. Can you ever escape the repercussions of a broken promise?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A tour de force... A spectacular demonstration of how the novel can make us see and think afresh' Booker Judges, 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Astonishing' Colm Tóibín\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Utterly compelling' Patrick Gale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA superb novel\u003c\/b\u003e; a nuanced, sad, hilarious portrait of a family and a country -- PAULA HAWKINS\u003cbr\u003eThis story was \u003cb\u003eso powerful\u003c\/b\u003e, the writing so strong and supple... \u003cb\u003eWhat an achievement\u003c\/b\u003e -- CLARE CHAMBERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA moving, brilliantly told family epic\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003edarkly comic . . . phenomenally good\u003c\/b\u003e -- ELIZABETH DAY\u003cbr\u003eLayered, clever...with \u003cb\u003ea gripping story\u003c\/b\u003e -- CLAIRE FULLER * Daily Mail, Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliant book told over four decades\u003c\/b\u003e and four funerals . . . These are characters dancing on the edge of ruin . . . \u003cb\u003eIntoxicating\u003c\/b\u003e -- ANNA HOPE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAstonishing \u003c\/b\u003e. . . \u003cb\u003eabout fate and loss, about three siblings\u003c\/b\u003e and land, a promise made a broken -- COLM TOIBIN\u003cbr\u003eA remarkable \u003cb\u003etale of four generations of one South African family and of the country itself\u003c\/b\u003e... No wonder it won the Booker * Observer, Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVivid\u003c\/b\u003e and suggestive, \u003cb\u003emoving and often very funny\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eOutstanding . . . \u003cb\u003eGripping . . . There is also plenty of unexpected comedy\u003c\/b\u003e * BBC News *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrilliant\u003c\/b\u003e... Rarely have I had such a strong sense, while reading a novel, that \u003cb\u003eI myself was there, in the room with the characters\u003c\/b\u003e * Financial Times *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48740138352983,"sku":"9781529113877","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781529113877.jpg?v=1720053970","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-promise-winner-of-the-booker-prize-2021-9781529113877","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}