Every month a group of willing and hungry readers gather to discuss a new book, have a nice chat and practice their English. New members are welcome! 

This month's book of choice is: "The Promise" (Chatto & Windus, 2021) by Damon Galgut.

The Promise charts the crash and burn of a white South African family, living on a farm outside Pretoria. The Swarts are gathering for Ma's funeral. The younger generation, Anton and Amor, detest everything the family stand for - not least the failed promise to the Black woman who has worked for them her whole life. After years of service, Salome was promised her own house, her own land... yet somehow, as each decade passes, that promise remains unfulfilled.

In this story of a diminished family, sharp and tender emotional truths hit home. Confident, deft and quietly powerful, The Promise is literary fiction at its finest.

DAMON GALGUT is the author of nine novels. He won the Booker Prize 2021 for The Promise, having been shortlisted for the prize twice before (The Good Doctor and In A Strange Room). He lives and works in Cape Town.

IMPORTANTE
In ottemperanza al D.L. n. 172 del 26/11/2021 l’accesso all’incontro è subordinato al possesso della Certificazione Verde da avvenuta vaccinazione o guarigione (Green Pass Rafforzato) in corso di validità. Inoltre, in rispetto del D.L. n. 221 del 24/12/2021, i partecipanti dovranno indossare dispositivi di protezione delle vie respiratorie di tipo FFP2.