![]() As a spectacular demonstration of how the novel can make us see and think afresh, The Promise delivers. ![]() All this he does with a sensibility, artistry, and scope that are entirely his own. His deft inhabiting of different characters’ consciousnesses evokes Virginia Woolf. Galgut’s searching examination of family, place, and the dysfunctions that connect them reminded us of William Faulkner. With an almost deceptive narrative economy, it offers moving insights into generational divides meditates on what makes a fulfilling life-and how to process death and explores the capacious metaphorical implications of “promise” in relation to modern South Africa. ![]() On each reading we felt that the book grew. ‘The Promise astonished us from the outset as a penetrating and incredibly well-constructed account of a white South African family navigating the end of apartheid and its aftermath. ![]()
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