Tento juhoafrický prozaik, píšuci po afrikánsky aj anglicky, bol kľúčovou postavou literárneho hnutia Die Sestigers, ktoré sa usilovalo o využitie afrikánčiny na odpor proti apartheidu a zároveň o integráciu dobových anglických a francúzskych vplyvov. Jeho rané diela sa často zaoberali politikou apartheidu, zatiaľ čo neskoršie práce reflektovali nové výzvy postapartheidovej Juhoafrickej republiky. Brink sa vyznačoval odvahou skúmať kontroverzné témy a jeho romány patria k prvým afrikánskym knihám, ktoré čelili vládnej cenzúre.
Román je príbeh Bena Du Toit, bieleho Juhoafričana, čo zájde priďaleko v pátraní po príčinách smrti Gordona Ngubeneho, čierneho Juhoafričana, ktorého zatkla bezpečnostná polícia a ktorý po týždni vo väzbe spáchal údajne samovraždu. Pravda, ktorú sa Du Toit usiluje nájsť, je nežiadúca,a čoskoro sa sám ocitá pod neľútostným tlakom bezpečnosti...
V centru vyprávění stojí skutečná událost z roku 1825 – nezdařená a bílými kolonisty krutě potlačená vzpoura hrstky otroků na farmách van der Merweů v Kapsku. Autor postupně předává slovo jednotlivým aktérům, do jejichž „hlasů“ se promítají tehdejší společenské poměry, úmysly a tužby.
Román z Jihoafrické republiky je příběhem bílého učitele, který ztratí víru ve společenský pořádek své země, když pátrá po událostech kolem smrti dvou černochů, obětí násilí policie.
"A Land Apart is an excellent collection of short stories and poetry by different South African writers. It is divided into three different sections each devoted to the main groups of South Africa. This book gives a clear glimpse of life in South Africa during apartheid through the eyes of three different groups. It is a clear depiction of the times and struggles of all South Africans during their struggle. This book is excellent for anyone wanting an inside view of South Africa during apartheid."--Amazon.com viewed June 17, 2020
It is 1825 and high in the mountains of South Africa a group of slavesstand accused of the murder of their owner, Nicolass van der Merwe, a wealthy Afrikaner farmer.
Based on the lives of Elisabeth Larsson and Adam Mantoor
In this magical novel that re-imagines stories from nine generations of South African women, ”histories, half-truths, myths, and fables weave themselves around an exile’s return to a nation on the brink of political transformation” (Boston Sunday Globe).
Banned for many years in the author's native South Africa, Looking on Darkness tells the story of actor Joseph Malan as he awaits execution for the murder of his white lover.
`A massive apartheid thriller centred on a plot to blow up none other than the State President outside the gates of Cape Town Castle. Brink at his robust and imaginative best' - Adam Low, Daily Telegraph. A brave masterpiece from Booker Prize shortlisted, award-winning author Andre Brink.
As startling and powerful as when first published more than two decades ago, André Brink's classic novel, A Dry White Season, is an unflinching and unforgettable look at racial intolerance, the human condition, and the heavy price of morality.Ben Du Toit is a white schoolteacher in suburban Johannesburg in a dark time of intolerance and state-sanctioned apartheid. A simple, apolitical man, he believes in the essential fairness of the South African government and its policies—until the sudden arrest and subsequent "suicide" of a black janitor from Du Toit's school. Haunted by new questions and desperate to believe that the man's death was a tragic accident, Du Toit undertakes an investigation into the terrible affair—a quest for the truth that will have devastating consequences for the teacher and his family, as it draws him into a lethal morass of lies, corruption, and murder.