Philida

An unforgettable story of a woman determined to find her freedom -- set in South Africa in 1830s, as slavery was about to be abolished. The masterpiec e from the twice Booker-shortlisted author. This is what it means to be a slave: that everything is decided for you fro m out there. You just got to listen and do as they tell you. You don't say no. You don't ask questions. You just do what they tell you. But far in the back of your head you think: One day there must come a time when you got t o say for yourself: This and that I shall do, this and that I shall not. Philida is the mother of four children by Francois Brink, the son of her ma ster. The year is 1832 and the Cape is rife with rumours about the liberati on of the slaves. Philida decides to risk her whole life by lodging a compl aint against Francois, who has reneged on his promise to set her free. His father has ordered him to marry a white woman from a prominent Cape Town family, and Philida will be sold on to owners in the harsh country up north. Unwilling to accept this fate, Philida continues to test the limits of her freedom, and with the Muslim slave Labyn she sets off on a journey across the great wilderness on the banks of the Gariep River, to the far north of Cape Town. Philida is an unforgettable story of one woman's determination to survive and be free.

Product Info

ISBN: 1846557054

ISBN-13: 9781846557057

Publisher: Harvill Secker

Year: 2012

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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