The Rights Of Desire (Paperback, New Ed)

Ruben Olivier leads an isolated existence in a Cape Town suburb. His wife has died, one of his sons has settled in Australia, and the other wants to emigrate to Canada. The only constants in Ruben's life are the old family home, the ghost of a seventeenth-century slave girl who haunts it, and Magrieta, the elderly housekeeper who comes in to look after him. When Ruben's neighbor and best friend is brutally murdered by marauding gangs, the subtle yet pervasive threat of violence hovering over life in Cape Town becomes frighteningly real.

All agree that taking in a boarder might be a good idea, and Ruben is pleasantly surprised when young Tessa Butler walks in out of the rain one Saturday night. She restores passion and intrigue to his life, but he has little time to enjoy the infatuation, for soon Ruben finds himself in a web of deceptions, manipulations, disappearances, and lies.

This extraordinary novel is at once a rich story of enigmatic characters and a boldly disquieting meditation on the attempt to build a future of hope and promise from the legacy of the past.

General

Imprint:	Vintage
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2001
Authors:	Andre Brink
Dimensions:	198 x 128 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	311
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-09-928573-1
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Local Author Showcase > Fiction - adults > Drama
LSN:	0-09-928573-8
Barcode:	9780099285731

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An excellent writer

Sun, 6 Oct 2019 | Review by: Rita M.

Beautiful, gripping novel.

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