{"product_id":"a-chain-of-voices-andre-brink-9781402208652","title":"A Chain of Voices","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpanning three generations and narrated in the voices of both the living and the dead, \u003cem\u003eA Chain of Voices\u003c\/em\u003e is reminiscent of William Faulkner's \u003cem\u003eAbsalom, Absalom!\u003c\/em\u003e; it is a beautiful and haunting illustration of racism's plague on South Africa.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a farm near the Cape Colony in the early nineteenth century, a slave rebellion kills three and leaves eleven others condemned to death. The rebellion's leader, Galant, was raised alongside the boys who would become his masters. His first victim, Nicholas van der Merwe, might have been his brother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the many layers of Andre Brink's novel unfold, it becomes clear that the violent uprising is as much a culmination of family tensions as it is an outcry against the oppression of slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andre Brink\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1402208650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781402208652\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sourcebooks Landmark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.30d","brand":"Andre Brink","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925420933375,"sku":"9781402208652","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6fba8b08-a832-4fe5-94eb-f600e545c097.jpg?v=1681077175","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-chain-of-voices-andre-brink-9781402208652","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}