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Biographical note
Andre Brink (1935 - 2015) was one of South Africa's most prominent writers and is the author of several novels, including A Dry White Season, Imaginings of Sand, The Rights of Desire, The Other Side of Silence and Philida. He has won South Africa's most important literay prize, the CNA Award, three times and has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His last novel, Philida, was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2012.A compelling and memorable novel
- Alex Clark, Guardian
Rich and complex
- Paul Dunn, The Times
In the hands of Mr Brink, one of South Africa’s most famous novelists, the land breathes, it feels alive
The Economist
Philida is a very powerful novel
- Michael Arditti, Daily Mail
A moving story of one woman’s struggle against hierarchies of race and gender that seek her absolute subjugation, Philida vividly dramatises the courage required to lay claim to the protections of the law, to speak out for ones rights even in the moment in which the law is on the wrong side of history
- Patrick Flannery, Daily Telegraph