Andr茅 Brink (Author of A Dry White Season)

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Andr茅 Brink

Born

in Vrede, South Africa

May 29, 1935

Died

February 06, 2015

Genre

Fiction

Influences

Sixties, The Institute of Politics ...more

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Andr茅 Philippus Brink was a South African novelist. He wrote in Afrikaans and English and was until his retirement a Professor of English Literature at the University of Cape Town.

In the 1960s, he and Breyten Breytenbach were key figures in the Afrikaans literary movement known as Die Sestigers ("The Sixty-ers"). These writers sought to use Afrikaans as a language to speak against the apartheid government, and also to bring into Afrikaans literature the influence of contemporary English and French trends. His novel Kennis van die aand (1973) was the first Afrikaans book to be banned by the South African government.

Brink's early novels were often concerned with the apartheid policy. His final works engaged new issues raised by life in postap ...more

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Average rating: 3.86 · 12,356 ratings · 1,265 reviews · 124 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	A Dry White Season 4.06 avg rating — 4,317 ratings — published 1979 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Philida 3.58 avg rating — 1,448 ratings — published 2012 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Instant in the Wind 4.07 avg rating — 859 ratings — published 1975 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Other Side Of Silence 3.81 avg rating — 526 ratings — published 1982 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Devil's Valley 3.92 avg rating — 502 ratings — published 1998 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Chain of Voices 4.12 avg rating — 455 ratings — published 1982 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rumours Of Rain 3.95 avg rating — 458 ratings — published 1978 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imaginings of Sand 3.84 avg rating — 461 ratings — published 1995 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	丕賱亘丕亘丕賱兀夭乇賯 by Andr茅 Brink, 兀丨賲丿卮丕賮毓賷 (欧宝娱乐 Author) (鬲乇噩賲丞) 3.15 avg rating — 517 ratings — published 2006 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Looking on Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 345 ratings — published 1973 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“In love, no question is ever preposterous.”
― Andre Brink, Before I Forget

tags: love

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“My library was -- all libraries are -- a place of ultimate refuge, a wild and sacred space where meanings are manageable precisely because they aren't binding; and where illusion is comfortingly real.”
― Andr茅 Brink

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“To respect the dignity of a relationship also implies accepting the end when it comes. Except in my mind, except in my dreams, where the aftertaste of her still lingers.”
― Andre Brink, Before I Forget

tags: acceptance, endings, relationships

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What frequently challenged or banned book (or book about censorship) for adults/with adult themes should we read in December 2014 and January 2015?

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

54 votes, 50.0%

The Book Your Church Doesn't Want You to Read by Tim C. Leedom

22 votes, 20.4%

A Dry White Season by Andr茅 Brink

19 votes, 17.6%

Private Parts by Howard Stern

10 votes, 9.3%

Banned Books Resource Guide by Robert P. Doyle

3 votes, 2.8%

108 total votes

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