As a small child in wintry Bremen, Hanna dreams about escaping from years of abuse in the orphanage and in service. She joins a shipload of young women transported in the early years of the 20th century to the colony of South-West Africa to assuage the needs of the male settlers.
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"Brink is one of the crucial writers of our time... A truly horrifying tale, but compassionately and compellingly told." -- "Glasgow Herald" "An astonishing performance...his most profound and most beautiful novel." -- "Irish Times" "Peter Carey, Garcia Marquez, Solzhenitsyn: Andre Brink must be considered with that class of writer." -- "Guardian" "Harsh, visionary and unsettling." -- "Time Out" "From the Trade Paperback edition."
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