Philida
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3.8 • 4 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The year is 1832 and the Cape is rife with rumours about the liberation of slaves. Philida is the mother of four children by Francois Brink, the son of her master.
Francois has reneged on his promise to set her free and his father has ordered him to marry a white woman from a prominent family, selling Philida on to owners in the harsh country in the north. Unwilling to accept this fate, Philida tests the limits of her freedom by setting off on a journey. She travels across the great wilderness to the far north of Cape Town - determined to survive and be free.
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2012.
GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2012
31 July
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
320
Pages
PUBLISHER
Random House
SIZE
1.9
MB
Customer Reviews
PeteJG
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Poetic and insightful
Interesting to read how the bible was interpreted to endorse slavery in the 1800s - a tactic still used today in the abuse of gay people.