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April 15th, 2009 by Karina
Die andere Seite der Stille (The Other Side of Silence) was singled out for the German litprom-Bestenliste (Litprom – Best List).
The Litprom List promotes books in German translation by writers from Asia, Africa and Latin America. Its latest edition includes works by Rawi Hage, Georges Anglade, Sergio Olguín, Louis-Philippe Dalembert, Gastón Baquero, Tomás González and André.
Die andere Seite der Stille
Übersetzung: Michael Kleeberg
André Brink erzählt die Geschichte der Hanna X zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts. Nach Jahren der Erniedrigung und des Missbrauchs in einem Bremer Waisenhaus kehrt Hanna ihrer Heimat den Rücken und reist nach Deutsch-Südwestafrika, wo die Siedler nach deutschen Frauen verlangen. Doch statt Freiheit erfährt sie dort nur Gewalt und Verstümmelung, bis schließlich die Zeit der Vergeltung kommt. Grausam und poetisch – die Tragödie des deutschen Kolonialismus im Spiegel eines zerstörten Frauenlebens.
Weltempfänger 2/2009
Ganz frisch: Die zweite und aktuelle litprom-Bestenliste “Weltempfänger 2/2009″ mit den 7 besten Büchern in deutscher Übersetzung von Autorinnen und Autoren aus Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika. Im Dschungel der vielen Neuerscheinungen ist der “Weltempfänger” Orientierungshilfe für Feuilleton und Buchhandel und nicht zuletzt für Leserinnen und Leser.
Mitglieder der Jury: Ilija Trojanow (Vorsitz), Katharina Borchardt, Anita Djafari, Andreas Fanizadeh, Dr. Karl-Markus Gauß, Navid Kermani, Dr. Kristine Pfoser, Arno Widmann und Dr. Thomas Wörtche.
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April 3rd, 2009 by Karina

Mirror (Dans le miroir) and Appassionata (Appassionata), the second and third parts of Other Lives, have been published in French in one volume by Actes Sud. In 2007, Actes Sud published the first part, The Blue Door, as La Porte bleue. All three have been translated by Bernard Turle.
Dans le miroir
Au Cap, Steve est un architecte renommé. Marié et père de deux petites filles, séducteur et quelque peu phallocrate, il découvre un matin avec effroi que la couleur de sa peau a changé. Cet homme qui jusqu’alors se payait le luxe de ne pas être engagé politiquement, ce blanc avide de reconnaissance et de privilèges, se retrouve soudain du mauvais côté de l’histoire sud-africaine. Terrassé, halluciné, honteux et apeuré, Steve va vivre et incarner la schizophrénie de son pays. Terrorisé par les insultes racistes de l’inconnu, sidéré par le silence de ses proches, il perd tout repère et révèle peu à peu de profondes contradictions. Au soir de cette étrange métamorphose, Steve est attablé dans un restaurant avec sa femme quand surgit un groupe d’hommes cagoulés et armés.
Appassionata
Dans le même restaurant se trouvent ce soir-là Derek, un professeur de piano et Nina la soprano qu’il accompagne en concert. Marquée par le suicide de son premier mari et par le meurtre du second, Nina est très perturbée. Suite au choc subit lors de cette agression, elle annule ses concerts et se retire dans la maison de son enfance pour y travailler avec Derek. Attiré par la beauté de cette femme blonde, troublé par cette soudaine intimité, le pianiste tente pourtant de ne pas succomber et se retire la nuit venue dans l’isolement de sa chambre. La soprano vient le rejoindre dans l’obscurité.
Le halo des phares d’une automobile balaie légèrement leurs corps enlacés. Le temps d’un éclair, Derek distingue sur les épaules de Nina une magnifique chevelure noire de jais, une tresse qui s’enroule lentement autour de lui jusqu’à l’étouffement…
Lire le 1er chpitre / To read the first chapter click here: Dans le miroir
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November 29th, 2008 by Karina
Last night, author Abraham Nicholas ‘Ronnie’ Phillips was awarded the Patrick Petersen Gedenkprys at the Breytenbach Centre in Wellington.

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October 27th, 2008 by Karina

André’s new German publisher – Osburg Verlag – has just published The Other Side of Silence in German as Die andere Seite der Stille.
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October 2nd, 2008 by Karina
André’s Dutch publisher Meulenhoff is publishing the stories which make up Other Lives, the novel in three parts, separately as three individual books. The first, De blauwe deur (The Blue Door), was published in October last year. The second, Mirror, was released last month.
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September 3rd, 2008 by Karina
This month, André’s American publisher Sourcebooks is releasing his latest novel Other Lives (previously published in South Africa as Ander Lewens by Human & Rousseau).
Blurb:
Three provocative and interconnected stories from one of the world’s greatest living writers:
A white painter in Africa comes to his studio in the afternoon. On his doorstep, he sees a woman with curly hair and a dark complexion. He has never seen her before, but she embraces him. As he steps past her, two strange children rush to his feet yelling “Daddy!” This family welcomes him home, but he knows none of them.
On the other side of Cape Town, a white man pulls himself out of bed and toward his mirror, where he is confronted by his suddenly black face.
A concert pianist falls passionately in love with the celebrated singer he works beside, but cannot bring himself to touch her, until one night they sit down to eat dinner, and look up to see themselves surrounded by armed men.
July 18th, 2008 by Karina
One book about Nelson Mandela which Ben did not mention today is Elleke Boehmer’s recently published Nelson Mandela: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press).
(Elleke was so kind as to acknowledge André’s and my really tiny input into the book, for which we in turn are very grateful.)
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March 20th, 2008 by Karina
This is a new story by André (first published in By last Saturday, 15 March 2008, p. 12).
PIENK SKOENTJIES
André P Brink
Die laaste dag van die argitektuurkonferensie in Kraków is opsygesit vir ekskursies, maar teen daardie tyd was die koeël al deur die kerk. Vir die Suid-Afrikaanse afgevaardigde, Johann Alberts, was die voorafgaande dae meestal één groot verveling en hy kon nie wag om terug te gaan huis toe waar Tinka, sy dogtertjie van sewe, wag nie: ’n fraai blondekoppie met ’n spits gesiggie en groot blou oë. Die enigste afleiding, tot dusver, van die teleurstellende referate was die klein, intense Miriam van Parys. Die keerpunt het op die tweede dag al gekom, toe sy ’n eerbiedwaardige ou professor van Oxford, trompop inklim, waarna sy verontwaardig uitloop. Johann, wat hom ook begin vererg het vir die langdradigheid, is op ’n impuls agterna en kry haar in die mooi ou binneplaas van die universiteit waar sy driftig staan en rook.
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February 19th, 2008 by Karina
André’s latest book, Ander Lewens (Other Lives), a novel in three parts, is about to be published by Human & Rousseau. Please click here for the details of the official launch on 6 March 2008 at the Wordfees in Stellenbosch.
January 13th, 2008 by Karina
“The Blue Door is a timeless André Brink masterpiece,” writes Justice Malala in The Sunday Times today.
Justice Malala is a columnist on the Financial Mail and The Times.
Click here for his review of The Blue Door.
Justice Malala recently contributed to the collection of narratives on contemporary South Africa, At Risk, edited by Sarah Nuttall and Liz McGregor (Jonathan Ball, 2007).
Click here to read his piece on the moment when violence disrupted his entire life: Losing My Mind.
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