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Zusatztext As a small child in a wintry Bremen! Hanna dreams about the other sideof silence! the place where the wind comes from and palm trees wave inthe sun. Seeing her chance to escape from years of abuse in an orphanageand in service! Hanna joins one of the shiploads of young women transportedin the early years of the twentieth century to the colony of German South-WestAfrica to assuage the needs of the male settlers. Following atrocious punishmentfor daring to resist the advances of an army officer! she arrives in aphantasmagoric refuge in the African desert. When the drunken excessesof a visiting army detachment threaten her only companion! Hanna revolts.Mounting a ragtag army of female and natives! she sets out on an epic marchthrough the desert to take on the might of the German Reich. Informationen zum Autor Andre Brink (1935 - 2015) was one of South Africa's most prominent writers and is the author of several novels, including A Dry White Season, Imaginings of Sand, The Rights of Desire, The Other Side of Silence and Philida. He has won South Africa's most important literay prize, the CNA Award, three times and has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His last novel, Philida, was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2012. Klappentext Andre Brink (1935 - 2015) was one of South Africa's most prominent writers and is the author of several novels, including A Dry White Season, Imaginings of Sand, The Rights of Desire, The Other Side of Silence and Philida. He has won South Africa's most important literay prize, the CNA Award, three times and has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His last novel, Philida, was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2012. Zusammenfassung As a small child in a wintry Bremen, Hanna dreams about the other side of silence, the place where the wind comes from and palm trees wave in the sun....
