Anton moves back in to the farmhouse, and assures Amor he will follow through on the promise.
Although she is now legally able to own her house, the will does not make provision for Salome, and instead makes the three co-owners of the land. In 1995, post-Apartheid, the siblings reunite at the family farm after Manie suffers a fatal snakebite, with Anton having spent 10 years living a transient lifestyle after deserting the army in 1986, Astrid now married with twins, and Amor having lived in England for several years. This promise, overheard by a young Amor, is made by Manie, but he claims no memory of having made it at the wake, and shows no intention of fulfilling it, especially as Salome cannot legally own property under the country's Apartheid laws. Before passing, she expresses her dying wish to Manie that their black domestic servant, Salome, be given ownership of the house in which she resides on the family's property. In 1986, Rachel dies after a long illness. The family consists of Manie, his wife Rachel, and their children Anton, Astrid, and Amor. It concerns the Afrikaner Swart family and their farm located outside Pretoria. The Promise is a family saga spanning four decades, each of which features a death in the family. The novel was awarded the 2021 Booker Prize, making Galgut the third South African to win the Prize. It was published by Europa Editions in the US and by Chatto & Windus in the UK. The Promise is a 2021 novel by South African novelist Damon Galgut, published in May 2021, by Umuzi, an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa. The stage adaptation promises to give the novel a whole new life, and audiences are sure to be enthralled by this powerful production.978-1-4152-1058-1 (First edition paperback) The Promise is only the third South African novel to be awarded the prestigious Booker Prize, which Galgut won in 2021. The Promise will run at the Star Theatre (formerly The Fugard Theatre) from 14 September to 6 October. The Homecoming Centre, located on the edge of District Six and home to the District Six Museum, acts as the perfect symbolic venue for a work dealing with South African issues. The production promises to be funny, confrontational and powerful, speaking to audiences in the most intimate way possible. In a discussion process spanning almost two years, Galgut and Strike have identified a visual language through which this powerful story will unfold, supported by a uniquely chorus-driven narration.Īlso read: 5 Cape Town-based authors whose books you need to be readingĪccording to News24, Strike describes the workshop week as an extraordinary process of discovery with the author, cast and creative team, who were ‘absolutely formidable.’
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