The Keep - Brossura

Becker, Jillian

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1733867708 ISBN 13: 9781733867702

Casa editrice: Gothenburg Books, 2019

Riassunto

The story is about the Leyton family, of Russian-Jewish descent, living in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1930s. The father, Rayfel, is a lawyer who aspires to political power. He believes the racially divided country can be saved by liberal democracy. His wife, Freda, despises Johannesburg society and longs for romantic drama in her life. Their articulate, imaginative, even visionary daughter, Josephine, is precocious in her understanding of those who surround her at home and at school, and is troubled by the injustices some of them suffer. She has extraordinary empathy with her handsome, inarticulate brother, Simon. He is a force of nature, wild, at times to the point of savagery. The adults live as Europeans in an Africa that remains mysterious and alien, beautiful but dangerous to them. Its menace lurks even where they feel most safe in their suburban home. In the end, it defeats and destroys them all except Simon.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Gothenburg Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1733867708
• ISBN 13: 9781733867702
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 274
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile