The Other Side Of Silence - Softcover

Brink, Andr�

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9780436206009: The Other Side Of Silence

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0436206005 ISBN 13: 9780436206009

Publisher: Secker, 2002

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As a small child in a wintry Bremen Hanna starts dreaming about the other side of silence, the place where the wind comes from and palm trees wave in the sun. She sees her chance to escape from years of abuse in the orphanage and in service by joining one of the shiploads of young women transported in the early years of the twentieth century to the colony of German South-West Africa to assuage the needs of the male settlers. Atrocious punishment for daring to resist the advances of an army officer lands her in a fantasmagoric refuge in the African desert - 'prison, nunnery, brothel, shithouse, Frauenstein'. When the drunken excesses of a visiting army detachment threaten the young girl Katja who has become her only companion, Hanna revolts. Mounting a ragtag army of female and native victims of colonial brutality, she sets out on an epic march through the desert to take on the might of the German Reich. This apocalyptic journey through the darker regions of the soul will also reveal to her the hidden meanings of suffering, revenge, companionship, love, and compassion.

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Review:

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

"�A� 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
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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: Andr� Brink must be considered with that class of writer' Guardian

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