The other side of silence

André Philippus Brink

first published 2002 Secker & Warburg, 2002 311 pages

As a small child in wintry Bremen, Hanna dreams about escaping from years of abuse in the orphanage and in service. She joins a shipload of young women transported in the early years of the 20th century to the colony of South-West Africa to assuage the needs of the male settlers.

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The other side of silence edition · 2003 · Harcourt · 311 pages
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