You are invited to an evening with 2021 Booker Prize winner Damon Galgut at The Book Lounge!
Galgut, who won the prestigious award for his novel The Promise, will be in conversation with Mervyn Sloman.
The Promise is the story of a family, but also of a country, over forty years. In four parts, each one centred on a family funeral in a different decade, the family fights over a piece of land outside Pretoria. In the background, a different president is in power, and a different spirit hangs over the country. At the core of this mesmerising and at times darkly humorous novel is a deathbed promise by a mother that was never kept—a promise overheard by her young daughter Amor.
Event details
Date: Thursday 10 March 2022
Time: 17:30 for 18:00
Venue: The Book Lounge, Cape Town
RSVP: booklounge@gmail.com with proof of vaccination and a contact number.
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Please note:
Limited numbers (no walk-ins).
No food or drink will be served.
Hello. Will this event be broadcast or available online? Especially for readers not living in Cape Town. My book club of over ten ex-pat South Africans, all living here in Karlsruhe, Germany, and called the SABC (South African Book Club :-), chose The Promise for this month’s read. I am sure they would all be delighted to be able to log on to this event. Our next meeting to discuss the book will take place ten days later. With many thanks in advance, Mary-Lou Bajolle