Ebook {Epub PDF} Philida by André Brink

In Philida, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, André Brink—"one of South Africa's greatest novelists" (The Telegraph)—gives us his most powerful novel yet; the truly unforgettable story of a female slave, and her fierce determination to survive and to be free. This is what it is to be a slave: that everything is decided for you from out there. You just got to listen and do as they tell you.  · Philida by Andre P. Brink is a novel steeped in historical events that follows the journey of Philida, a slave in Cape Town from the time she decides to make a stand for herself until the year of emancipation of the slaves. This is not a book for the faint of heart/5. Philida is a slave in the old Cape Colony in the early 19th century, just before the British authorities abolished slavery. Andre Brink draws on his own family's history for the often shocking detail of what happens to her, but too much of his research is decanted into the novel in undigested form, at the expense of the story/5().

Philida is the mother of four children by Francois Brink, the son of her master. The Cape is rife with rumours about the liberation of the slaves and Philida risks her whole life by lodging a complaint against Francois, who has reneged on his promise to set her free. Philida is the mother of four children by Francois Brink, the son of her master. When Francois's father orders him to marry a woman from a prominent Cape Town family, Francois reneges on his promise to give Philida her freedom, threatening instead to sell her to new owners in the harsh country up north. Here is the remarkable story - based. Cornelis, André Brink explains in an appendix at the end of the book, was the brother of one of his direct ancestors, and the story of Philida, a slave on his farm, is rooted in specific.

Philida is a slave in the old Cape Colony in the early 19th century, just before the British authorities abolished slavery. Andre Brink draws on his own family's history for the often shocking detail of what happens to her, but too much of his research is decanted into the novel in undigested form, at the expense of the story. The Brinks in this novel were relatives of the author's. In his acknowledgements, André Brink writes that "the discovery that [Philida's] master Cornelis Brink was a brother of one of my own direct ancestors, and that he sold her at auction after his son Francois Gerhard Jacob Brink had made four children with her, triggered this novel" (p. ). Philida is the mother of four children by Francois Brink, the son of her master. When Francois’s father orders him to marry a woman from a prominent Cape Town family, Francois reneges on his promise to give Philida her freedom, threatening instead to sell her to new owners in the harsh country up north. Here is the remarkable story – based on individuals connected to the author’s family – of a fiercely independent woman who will settle for nothing and for no one.