Bibliograph

Philida, Andre Brink

Type

Label

Philida, Andre Brink

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Adult

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Philida

Oclc number

855860356

Responsibility statement

Andre Brink

Series statement

Charnwood series

Summary

It's 1832. 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. 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

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