The Other Side of Silence - Hardcover

Brink, Andre Philippus

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151007705 ISBN 13: 9780151007707

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2003

Synopsis

After years of abuse, with only a bleak future ahead of her, a young German woman joins other women being transported to German's colony in South-West Africa to attend the needs of male settlers, but when she is confronted by the harsh reality and brutality of life in Africa, she revolts, joining a ragtag army of women and native victims to take on the German Reich. 25,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

"A shrewd meditation on the dehumanizing power of hatred."

"ƯA¨ brilliant tale in which sharp glints of hope manage to illumine a near-unbearably inhumane world."

"This bloody fable, rooted in bloody reality, is one of Brink''s most powerful works."

"[A] brilliant tale in which sharp glints of hope manage to illumine a near-unbearably inhumane world."

PRAISE FORTHE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE
"Over the course of this novel, Hanna X goes from being just a cipher in history to a stirring presence on the page. So stirring, that if you pick up this book, you'll probably have to set it down now and then, as I did--just to catch your breath."-- ALAN CHEUSE on NPR'S ALL THINGS CONSIDERED

"Brink blends history with invention and African myth. . . .This bloodyfable, rooted in bloody reality, is one of Brink's most powerful works."--LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW
PRAISE FORTHE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE
Over the course of this novel, Hanna X goes from being just a cipher in history to a stirring presence on the page. So stirring, that if you pick up this book, you ll probably have to set it down now and then, as I did just to catch your breath. ALAN CHEUSE on NPR S ALL THINGS CONSIDERED
Brink blends history with invention and African myth. . . .This bloodyfable, rooted in bloody reality, is one of Brink s most powerful works. LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW
"

PRAISE FORTHE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE
Over the course of this novel, Hanna X goes from being just a cipher in history to a stirring presence on the page. So stirring, that if you pick up this book, you ll probably have to set it down now and then, as I did just to catch your breath. ALAN CHEUSE on NPR S ALL THINGS CONSIDERED
Brink blends history with invention and African myth. . . .This bloodyfable, rooted in bloody reality, is one of Brink s most powerful works. LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW
"

PRAISE FORTHE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE
"Over the course of this novel, Hanna X goes from being just a cipher in history to a stirring presence on the page. So stirring, that if you pick up this book, you'll probably have to set it down now and then, as I did--just to catch your breath."-- ALAN CHEUSE on NPR'S ALL THINGS CONSIDERED

"Brink blends history with invention and African myth. . . .This bloodyfable, rooted in bloody reality, is one of Brink's most powerful works."--LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW

Book Description:

'Peter Carey, Garcia Marquez, Solzhenitsyn: André Brink must be considered with that class of writer' Guardian

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0151007705
• ISBN 13: 9780151007707
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320