Region: South Africa (10 Listed volumes)
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SJ Naudé
Fathers and Fugitives
An inventive and emotionally charged novel about fatherhood and family, loyalty and betrayal, inheritance and belonging. -
SJ Naudé
Fathers and Fugitives
An inventive and emotionally charged novel about fatherhood and family, loyalty and betrayal, inheritance and belonging. -
Damon Galgut
The Promise
WINNER OF THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE On her deathbed, Rachel Swart makes a promise to Salome, the family’s Black maid. This promise will divide the family—especially her children: Anton, the golden boy; Astrid, whose beauty is her power; and... -
Fiona Snyckers
Lacuna
“Snyckers brings Lucy to life, warts and all, in a novel that is at turns exasperating, poignant, and unexpectedly funny. Fans of Disgrace will enjoy reading this clever and wry response.”— Jane Voster, Drum Magazine -
Damon Galgut
The Promise
Read by Peter Noble WINNER OF THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE A modern family saga that could only have come from South Africa, written in gorgeous prose by twice Booker Prize-shortlisted author Damon Galgut. Haunted by an unmet promise,... -
Damon Galgut
The Promise
WINNER OF THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE A modern family saga that could only have come from South Africa, written in gorgeous prose by twice Booker Prize-shortlisted author Damon Galgut. Haunted by an unmet promise, the Swart family loses touch... -
Karin Brynard
Weeping Waters
Winner of the University of Johannesburg Debut Prize, ATKV Literature Prize, and twice winner of the M-Net Literature Awards “The Afrikaans Stieg Larsson.”— Rooi Rose (South Africa) Inspector Albertus Beeslaar is a traumatized cop who has abandoned tough city policing and... -
Damon Galgut
Arctic Summer
The immensely important new novel from Booker Prize Finalist Damon Galgut -
André Carl van der Merwe
Moffie
from Moffie I have been thrown into hell; herded into the Defence Force, into the abattoir of its border war like an animal to slaughter, with no say over my own destiny. Forced to kill people I don’t know, for a cause I don’t believe in. -
Damon Galgut
In a Strange Room
First published in the Paris Review in three parts, one of which was selected for a National Magazine Award and another for the O. Henry Prize, In a Strange Room has recently been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
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