The Other Side of Silence

Posted on 17 August 2018 by André Brink

With years of abuse behind her and a bleak future ahead, a young German woman dreams of her country s colony in South West Africa When she learns of the women being transported to the colony to attend to the needs of male settlers, Hanna X takes the leap In Africa she is confronted with the harsh realities of colonial life For resisting the advances of a German officer, she is banished to Frauenstein, a phantasmagoric outpost that is at once a prison, nunnery, brothel, and shithouse When the drunken excesses of visiting soldiers threaten the young girl who has become her only companion, Hanna revolts.Mounting a ragtag army of women and native victims of brutality, she sets out on an epic journey to take on the German Reich Combining the history of colonialism with the myths of Africa, this is an exquisitely written tale of suffering, violence, revenge, and, simply, love. Free Download eBook The Other Side of Silence by André Brink – kino-fada.fr I think I read all of the novels Andre Brink wrote about South Africa and the tragedy of apartheid They were all almost unbearably poignant moving and powerful An Instant in the Wind, A Chain of Voices, and others whose titles I have forgotten I haven t forgotten the passion with which Brink wrote about injustice, but also about the hold that South Africa, uniquely, seems to have on the minds, hearts and souls of all the people that live there I can t really put it into words, you ll have t I think I read all of the novels Andre Brink wrote about South Africa and the tragedy of apartheid They were all almost unbearably poignant moving and powerful An Instant in the Wind, A Chain of Voices, and others whose titles I ha...Hanna suffered a lifetime of sexual abuse, first at the orphanage in Germany where she was raised and later in the homes of the families she was sent to work for Finally an opportunity comes along to escape it all and she accepts an opportunity to be taken by boat to German South West Africa now Namibia to begin a new life By an error in the passenger records, she is recorded as Hanna X The trip isn t a fresh start the abuse continues After landing at Swakopmund and being passed over as Hanna suffered a lifetime of sexual abuse, first at the orphanage in ...This book is in two parts I could not put the book down for the first part It tells the brutally horrific story of Hanna, a German woman in the early 20th century who had a desperately sad childhood and who sailed to Namibia, as it is now, in adulthood thinking she would have an adventure only to be viciously attacked and disfigured It made painful reading but is so beautifully writ...One of the most disturbing, spell binding, and tragic depictions of life in Namibia South West Africa Deutsch S dwestafrika A story not easily forgotten.This is a stunning book in every way It is disturbing, violent and intense and yet it is impossible to put down This is Hanna X s story she is a young woman shipped to SW Africa to appease the appetites of the male German soldiers As well as its blatant misogynism it deals with the h...Very bleak Very painful Very good.How many horrific things can happen to one woman ReallyAs I unpacked, I found this among my books and couldn t remember how it had gotten there I had never heard of it and thought I d give it a go Bad idea This is truly the worst novel I have ever read I m sorry if someone out there gave it to me and likes it I kept reading just to see if anything redeeming would finally happen to poor Hanna X, who endures literally every type of abuse known to woman,...I struggled with rating this book but decided to give it a 4 since my only reasons for a lower rating were because it contains graphic violence or that the story is not a happy one It is beautifully and even though is a tale of a truly dreadful existence, I could not put it down I will need to find another of this author...The first part of this story is wonderfully written, harrowing, and unbearably beautiful The second part, however, becomes a tedious movement through a desert of cliche and revenge drama, that really ruins the novels power The ending con...

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17 August 2018

André Brink