The other side of silence / André Brink.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brink, André P. (André Philippus), 1935-2015.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Harvest book

A Harvest book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germans--Namibia--Fiction.

Germans.

Women prisoners--Fiction.

Women prisoners.

Colonies.

Namibia.

Young women--Fiction.

Young women.

Colonies--Fiction.

Namibia--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Historical fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

311 pages ; 21 cm.

Edition:

First Harvest edition.

Place of Publication:

Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, 2004.

Summary:

With hopes for a better future after a dismal past, a young German woman dreams of escape to her country's colony in South-West Africa. When she learns of the women being transported to the colony to attend to the needs of male settlers, Hanna X takes the leap. In Africa she is confronted with the harsh realities of colonial life. For resisting the advances of a German officer, she is banished to Frauenstein, a phantasmagoric outpost that is at once a "prison, nunnery, brothel, and shithouse." When the drunken excesses of visiting soldiers threaten the young girl who has become her only companion, Hanna revolts. Mounting a ragtag army of women and native victims of brutality, she sets out on an epic journey to take on the German Reich. Combining the history of colonialism with the myths of Africa, this is an exquisitely written tale of suffering, violence, revenge, and, simply, love.

Notes:

Originally published: [London] : Secker & Warburg, 2002.

ISBN:

0156029642

9780156029643

0151007705

9780151007707

OCLC:

54676853