Imaginings of Sand by Andre Brink

Imaginings of Sand

Andre Brink

To get the most out of this book keep track of the way the characters in Ouma's myth-like stories connect with the main plot.

Extract

It is already a week since I arrived. So much has happened, nothing has happened. An existence in suspense somehow, in which, curiously, Ouma's stories seem almost more real than the events surrounding me - even though I'm not altogether sure why she has felt this urgency to tell all before she dies.

Parallels

Sandglass by Romesh Gunesekera
Four Mothers by Shifra Horn
Quincunx by Charles Palliser

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