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Just before the shocking violence that brings South African apartheid to an end, Martin decides to return to the family farm for a weekend. A highly successful businessman and Afrikaans Nationalist, he hopes to sell the property to the government in a deal both highly profitable and corrupt. The moment he steps onto the farm, his plans are derailed. The repercussions of a society's endemic violence catch up to him, and shake the relationships that frame his life.
Martin Mynhardt seems invincible. Violence surrounds him, yet he remains unscathed: a woman asks him the time, then leaps in front of a train; after a mine riot, he watches hoses sweep scattered body parts off the floor. Just before the shocking violence that brings South African apartheid to an end, Martin decides to return to the family farm for a weekend. A highly successful businessman and Afrikaans Nationalist, he hopes to sell the property to the government in a deal both highly profitable and corrupt. The moment he steps onto the farm, his plans are derailed. The repercussions of a society's endemic violence catch up to him, and shake the relationships that frame his life. His closest friend, a brilliant, idealistic lawyer, is sentenced to prison for his anti-apartheid "terrorist" activities — in part because Martin refused to help him. His son, recently returned from the Angolan war, is in silent revolt against the values of his father and his nation. His mistress, Bea, an intelligent, strong-willed woman who offers Martin the hope of redemption through her own capacity for empathy, is also caught up in the gathering political storm. This is Andre Brink's story of a society on the edge of collapse, spurred to profound self realization.
Martin Mynhardt seems invincible. Violence surrounds him, yet he remains unscathed: a woman asks him the time, then leaps in front of a train; after a mine riot, he watches hoses sweep scattered body parts off the floor. Just before the shocking violence that brings South African apartheid to an end, Martin decides to return to the family farm for a weekend. A highly successful businessman and Afrikaans Nationalist, he hopes to sell the property to the government in a deal both highly profitable and corrupt. The moment he steps onto the farm, his plans are derailed. The repercussions of a society's endemic violence catch up to him, and shake the relationships that frame his life. His closest friend, a brilliant, idealistic lawyer, is sentenced to prison for his anti-apartheid "terrorist" activities in part because Martin refused to help him. His son, recently returned from the Angolan war, is in silent revolt against the values of his father and his nation. His mistress, Bea, an intelligent, strong-willed woman who offers Martin the hope of redemption through her own capacity for empathy, is also caught up in the gathering political storm. This is Andre Brink's story of a society on the edge of collapse, spurred to profound self realization.
A political science major with three years of college under his belt, Charlie R. McNeil has planned his future, but serving in the military and fighting in a war is not part of the future he imagined. The American government thinks otherwise, however; he is drafted into the military, and sent to Koreaan assignment no one asks for. McNeil neither complains nor make waves; he goes where hes told to go and does what hes told to do. When the unexpected happens in Korea and the North Koreans cross the thirty-eighth parallel, Corporal McNeil finds himself immersed in wara war that came so quickly after WWII that no one believed it possible and none of the military services were prepared. While McNeil moves up in military rank he never loses sight of his goal to earn a degree and work in Washington, DC. But first, he must survive Korea and return home to the United States. A military novel, McNeil captures the essence of war and the hardships of life on the battlefield from one young man who has other dreams.
The postmodernist novel is renowned for the extremes of its narcissistic involvement with language, but in this book the author argues that this self-consciousness has been a characteristic of the novel since its earliest stirrings.
RUMORS OF SAVAGES By Carrie Regan Six months ago, world-renowned anthropologist Lawrence Julian Thompson set off on an expedition into a remote African jungle with one goal: to locate the legendary "lost tribe" of the Bambada and bring back proof that they exist. He wasn ́t the first--countless Western explorers have attempted to track these mythical people over the centuries, and with good reason. According to legends, the Bambada guard a vast fortune and possess the improbably power to read minds and see the future. Yet they're also rumored to be fierce, bloodthirsty, and hell bent on staying hidden from the world. The evidence speaks for itself: for centuries, nearly every adventurer who ́s chased the Bambada and their treasure has come to a grisly end in the process. When Thompson fails to return from his expedition, it appears that the same fate has befallen the esteemed anthropologist. Meanwhile, in the urban jungle of Manhattan, network executive Bill Warner faces a thorny challenge of his own: to resurrect his ailing television network, the Adventure Channel. It seems there are only so many programs viewers will watch about another Everest summit or expedition down the Amazon before interest starts to wane. Ratings are sagging, and Adventure's owner is threatening to transform the channel into a home shopping haven. Warner has one last hope. It's Max Carrington, a rugged old explorer and host of the Adventure Channel's flagship show, Adventure!. If anyone can brave the malaria-ridden jungles of Africa, rescue the missing anthropologist, and bring back a blockbuster that will save the network, it's Max. Yet with a bad back, demanding young second wife, and critics who think he's out of touch with today's younger audience, the fading star may end up sinking Adventure's ship instead. Accompanying Max on the adventure is his colorful crew: AJ, the womanizing cameraman; Liz, the overqualified, under-appreciated associate producer who ́s also AJ's spurned ex-lover; Buddy, the chubby soundman and AJ's sidekick; and Troy, the incompetent producer, recently-minted film school graduate, and, coincidentally, nephew of Adventure's CEO. As the crew battles the disease-infested jungle in search of the missing anthropologist, Adventure's executive producer seizes the opportunity to spin their daily videophone dispatches into the media sensation of the moment. Instantly, ratings for the Adventure Channel skyrocket. But when members of Max Carrington's team start disappearing, and an ambitious young researcher uncovers evidence that the lives of the entire crew are at risk, the focus of the story shifts, and the media machine turns on itself...
In a profoundly disquieting, near-future world where the weather is deadly, Rainwalkers exposes the problems with border walls, tyrannical governments, and man's attempts to dominate nature all within an unforgettable story of a father's undying love and his struggle to rescue his daughter in a precarious future that could be our own.