Imatge de l'autor

André Brink (1935–2015)

Autor/a de A Dry White Season

95+ obres 4,408 Membres 106 Ressenyes 15 preferits

Sobre l'autor

André Brink was born on May 29, 1935 in Vrede, South Africa. He studied English and Afrikaans at the University in Potchefstroom and comparative literature in Paris. He was a South African writer and educator. He became a part of a group of writers known as Die Sestigers upon returning to South mostra'n més Africa in the 1960s. The group aimed to broaden Afrikaner fiction by writing about sexual and moral matters and the failings of the traditional political system. His books included Rumors of Rain, Looking on Darkness, A Dry White Season, and States of Emergency. Some of his books were banned in South Africa. He became a professor of Afrikaans and Dutch literature at Rhodes University and professor of English at the University of Cape Town. He has received the 1980 Martin Luther King Prize, the 1980 French Prix Medicis Etranger, and the 1982 Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur. He was shortlisted for the Booker Prize twice and nominated for the Nobel Prize for literature on several occasions. He died on February 6, 2015 at the age of 79. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: André Brink at The International Forum on the Novel, Lyon, France. Photo by Seamus Kearney / Wikimedia Commons.

Sèrie

Obres de André Brink

A Dry White Season (1979) 774 exemplars
An Instant in the Wind (1976) 344 exemplars
A Chain of Voices (1982) 315 exemplars
Philida (2013) 278 exemplars
Rumours of Rain (1978) 237 exemplars
Imaginings of Sand (1996) 231 exemplars
The Other Side of Silence (2002) 204 exemplars
Devil's Valley (1998) 193 exemplars
Looking on Darkness (1974) 181 exemplars
The Rights of Desire (2000) 173 exemplars
An Act of Terror (1991) 167 exemplars
The Wall of the Plague (1984) 166 exemplars
Before I Forget (2007) 128 exemplars
The Ambassador (1963) 126 exemplars
Praying Mantis (2005) 120 exemplars
On the Contrary (1993) 118 exemplars
States of Emergency (1988) 86 exemplars
A Fork in the Road (2009) 80 exemplars
A Land Apart: A Contemporary South African Reader (1986) — Editor — 49 exemplars
The Blue Door (2006) 44 exemplars
Other Lives (2008) 37 exemplars
Groot Verseboek 2000 (2000) 17 exemplars
Lobola Vir Die Lewe (1975) 16 exemplars
Groot Verseboek (2008) 10 exemplars
Miskien Nooit (1967) 8 exemplars
Spiegel : roman (2008) 7 exemplars
Mal - en Ander Stories (1990) 7 exemplars
Appassionata roman (2008) 7 exemplars
Should I Stay or Should I Go?: To Live in or Leave South Africa (2010) — Col·laborador — 7 exemplars
Dessert wine in South Africa (1974) 6 exemplars
Oom Kootjie Emmer (1981) 6 exemplars
Orgie (1965) 5 exemplars
Mirror | Appassionata (2009) 4 exemplars
Pot-Pourri 3 exemplars
Klassiek reeks (2004) 2 exemplars
Donkermaan 2 exemplars
Midi 2 exemplars
Ol 2 exemplars
Met 'n Glimlag (2006) 2 exemplars
Literatuur in die Strydperk (1985) 2 exemplars
Inteendeel 2 exemplars
Latynse Reise 2 exemplars
Tydskrif 3 (Afrikaans Edition) (2003) 1 exemplars
Fado 1 exemplars
Oupa en ouma se boererate (1962) 1 exemplars
Ambasador (1994) 1 exemplars
Begærets ret (2000) 1 exemplars
Gerugte Van Ren 1 exemplars
le mr de la peste 1 exemplars
Brandewyn in Suid-Afrika (1973) 1 exemplars
Les Droits du désir (2001) 1 exemplars
Okamžik ve větru 1 exemplars
Kupidos Chronik: Roman (2011) 1 exemplars
רגע ברוח 1 exemplars
Gerugte Van Ren 1 exemplars
Brink Andrè 1 exemplars
Pavane (1974) 1 exemplars
Herinneringe aan Parys (2012) 1 exemplars
Eindelose weë (1983) 1 exemplars
Fado 1 exemplars
Houd-den-bek 1 exemplars

Obres associades

Mortification: Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame (2003) — Col·laborador — 293 exemplars
Granta 40: The Womanizer (1992) — Col·laborador — 113 exemplars
African Literature: an anthology of criticism and theory (2007) — Col·laborador — 23 exemplars
A Dry White Season [1989 film] (1989) — Original novel — 12 exemplars
Windroos: Verhale deur 10 Sestigers — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars

Etiquetat

Coneixement comú

Nom oficial
Brink, André Philippus
Data de naixement
1935-05-29
Data de defunció
2015-02-06
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
Zuid-Afrika
Lloc de naixement
Vrede, Zuid-Afrika
Lloc de defunció
tijdens vlucht van Amsterdam naar Kaapstad
Llocs de residència
Vrede, South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa
Jagersfontein, South Africa
Brits, South Africa
Douglas, South Africa
Sabie, South Africa (mostra-les totes 7)
Lydenburg, South Africa
Educació
Potchefstroom University
The Sorbonne, Paris, France
Lydenburg High School
Professions
emeritus professor
novelist
Relacions
Brink, Elsabe (sister)
Organitzacions
University of Cape Town
Sestiger movement
Premis i honors
Monismanien Prize (1992)
Order of Ikhamanga
South African Literary Award Lifetime Achievement (2006)
Agent
Liepman Agency
Biografia breu
André Brink, a major South African writer whose work has shaken conscience and culture in Afrikanerdom, contributed significantly to the cause against apartheid. With democracy, he now sees no further need to be overtly political in his writing and feels a new freedom to write whatever he feels like.

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Philida by André Brink a Booker Prize (agost 2012)

Ressenyes

3.5 stars, rounded up. After a strong opening I found this faded a bit, especially the dialog, which was a touch stilted. The Tessa character always seemed a bit unreal and was a second weakness. The story of life in South Africa around 2000 is incredibly sad but interesting, and the relationship between Ruben, our narrator, and his house-keeper Magrieta solid and quite warm. The central theme is Ruben (in his mid-60's with a dodgy ticker) taking in an attractive lodger and the disruption to his life that falling in love with her precipitates. Tessa leads Ruben to reevaluate his life and look honestly at his less than rosy but largely suppressed past, something he has studiously avoided, plus of course, to lust after her 30 year old youthfulness. Brink was mid-sixties when this was published, just sayin'. The supernatural element was very much magical realism and didn't bug me as it sometimes does, and plays an important role in the tale.
This is my third Brink novel and I'll read more, but go to his top reviewed titles next- I selected this one as I was curious about the title.
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diveteamzissou | Hi ha 5 ressenyes més | Nov 28, 2023 |
Brink har dybe rødder i det Sydafrika, han har skrevet så mange romaner om, så det er ikke overraskende, at familiehistorien kan fungere som indgang til fortællingen om landets dramatiske udvikling. Sådan er det i Philida fra 2012, hvor udgangspunktet er Zandvliet, en vingård uden for Kapstaden. Den var eget af Cornelis Brink, og i 1832, da historien tager sit udgangspunkt, var slaver fortsat en vigtig og integreret del af arbejdsstyrken.

Tiderne var imidlertid under forandring. England havde erobret kolonien fra Holland, og der var rygter om en snarlig afskaffelse af slaveriet. Noget var ved at ske, og måske var det derfor, at den unge Philida beslutter sig til at gå den lange vej til Stellenbosch for at indgive en klage over Cornelis Brinks søn Francois. Han har ligget med hende i bambuskrattet, de har fået fire børn sammen, måske har han også lovet hende, at han vil købe hende, i hvert fald er Philida rasende, da han skal giftes med en hvid kvinde fra byen og hun frygter at blive solgt til en farm langt inde i landet, så den nye hustru ikke konstant skal mindes om hans tidligere interesser.

Det er muligt, at der er forandring på dagsordenen, men den er ikke kommet endnu. Francois møder op og afviser det hele over for dommeren, og Philida bliver sendt tilbage til Zandvliet. Hun er specialist i strikning og bliver sat i arbejde igen. Det ledes af den autoritære Cornelis Brink, der afretter både børn og slaver med tørre tæsk og bibelcitater, der altid handler om lydighed og underkastelse. Han er også en hårdtarbejdende mand, der kan se priserne på farmens vin rasle ned. Bankerotten truer og et af bogens dramatiske højdepunkter er auktionen, hvor fremmede vader gennem hjemmet inden familiens ejendele sælges til højstbydende.

Philida fremstilles som en viljestærk og initiativrig ung kvinde. Hun stiller krav til Francois, der på sin side fremstår som en lidt svag mand klemt mellem sin fascination af Philida og familiens krav. Han har selvfølgelig også noget at tabe, og måske var forholdet aldrig lige så seriøst fra hans side. Det var trods alt ganske almindeligt, at slaveejere tog sig friheder med de unge kvinder uden at mene noget alvorligt med det.

Det viser sig, at Philidas frygt for at blive solgt er reel. Efter en lang rejse ind i landet bliver hun solgt til en relativt liberal embedsmand, der godt kan bruge en strikkekyndig slave. Hun lærer også snedkeren Labyn at kende, og han introducerer hende for islam og sætter hende ind i tidligere slaveoprørs historie. Der er ikke kildebelæg for den del af fortællingen, men særligt Philida er allerede etableret som person, så det fungerer, selvom romanens ønske om at oplyse bliver lidt for markant.

Ellers er der ikke meget romantisering af slaveriet. Det er muligt, at man lever tæt sammen i byens handelshuse og ude på de små farme, men Brink gør det helt tydeligt, at forholdet bygger på racisme og undertrykkelse. Volden er aldrig langt væk, hvis en slave træder ved siden af. Straffene er drakoniske. Offentlig piskning hører til dagens orden, og slaver sælges uden videre, hvis det passer ejerne. Da Cornelis skal sandsynliggøre, at Philidas børn ikke er Francois’ bestiller han et par mandlige slaver til at voldtage hende på gårdspladsen.

André Brinks lange forfatterskab er et studie af Sydafrikas nyere og ældre historie. Philida er et vigtigt bidrag, fordi den går tilbage til apartheidsystemets rødder i kolonitidens slaveri, og det er også en god roman. Philida og de øvrige beboere på Zandvliet kaldes til live. Jeg har ingen grund til at tro, at han ikke har brugt kildeforlæg, hvor det er muligt, men han har også taget sig friheden til at digte videre over fakta, så historien og personerne kom til at hænge sammen.
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Henrik_Madsen | Hi ha 16 ressenyes més | Oct 25, 2023 |
There was a disjointed style to this that took a while to settle in but then it became incredibly gripping. A failed expedition into the interior of later 1700s Cape colony in South Africa turns into a very complicated story of Elizabeth and Adam (Aob) figuring out how they can survive together or apart. It is brutally honest at times about their relationship and their own pasts and also just a terrifying story of survival in a very harsh world. The constantly shifting point of view was extremely effective, sometimes from one sentence to the next and made both the characters an equal part of the story. The ending was left somewhat enigmatic until I went back to read the front chapter again. Then just tragic.… (més)
 
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amyem58 | Hi ha 6 ressenyes més | Jul 24, 2023 |
I found this quite boring to read and at times so confusingly narrated it was hard to tell who was speaking or what was happening.The writing style is very dense and uninspiring.

Who knew that the story about a slave woman accusing her masters son (whose lover she is and who has given her 4 children) of breaking his word and not giving her freedom could be so dull.

((This is set in South Africa btw so as far as I can tell slaves could lodge complaints against their owners.Its all explained a bit badly in the book.

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Litrvixen | Hi ha 16 ressenyes més | Jun 23, 2022 |

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Obres
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Membres
4,408
Popularitat
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Valoració
3.8
Ressenyes
106
ISBN
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Llengües
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Preferit
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