The Covenant
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Bindung: Taschenbuch
Dewey-Dezimalklassifikation: 813.54
EAN: 9780449214206
Ausgabe: Reissue
ISBN: 0449214206
Label: Fawcett
Hersteller: Fawcett
Anzahl Seiten: 1248
Erscheinungsdatum: Februar 28, 1987
Herausgeber: Fawcett
Studio: Fawcett
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As a boer myself, I loved to read this book. It is really a very good book about SA. I will recomend it for anyone who wants to know something about SA. There are sharp critisism in this book against the boers - but I accept it, because after all the years of sencorship, I can at least realise now what a "criminal" part of the boers(my nation) caused with Apartheid. I just wish that the rest of the boers can also be healed, because for them the world they grew up in has changed 360 degrees. I also wish that one can, today, not only in South Africa but in the rest of Africa and in Europe can realise that the hatered of the blacks towards the whites must be stopped - ontherwise they(the blacks) will suffer themselves because of this hatered. In SA, today, the whites have a negative attitude towards the changes. This is something we all, knowing how those people grew up, could expected with the changes. This, however, does not make a difference to the situation - bad as it is, it ...
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.. but not up to Michener's usual quality, much more choppy, and character development, in many areas is not as robust or as engaging as in his other books. A slow read.
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It isn't easy to sum up the South African story in a few pages. As a South African I've had to suffer an endless litany of populist garbage published on the back of my country's "flashpoint" status since the 1990s.
It's even harder for an outsider to fully fathom the bitter legacy which drove the two great tribes of southern Africa on a path towards war and reconciliation. But Michener, the consummate "citizen of the World", has again hit the nail on the head.
Michener has an unerring feel for the birth of nations. He proved it first in "Hawaii" but, for me, "The Covenenant" is his greatest accomplishment.
The story of the pioneering Afrikaners and their clash with the proud Zulu empire ranks as one of the all-time great "historical bookmarks" - and there's no one better to tell the tale.
I'm glad you came along, Mr Michener.
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THE COVENANT is a very atypical Michener novel. While the historical perspective of a vast, undiscovered land ( i.e. HAWAII, ALASKA) is vintage Michener, the pain and passion of his characters is handled in an almost dispassionate way as though the author was aware of the controversy surrounding this troubled land.
I was saddened by the inevitability of the conflict between the native Zulu's and and the "crusading" Voortrekker Afrikaaners. I think that I better understand the impact that English rule had upon this land. Like CARIBBEAN, COVENANT tells the story of a racially troubled area and the beliefs of the courageous people that struggled to survive and make a life for themselves in a wildly dangerous, but beautiful land.
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A very entertaining trip through the history of south africa. This book is quite long but well worth it. A very detailed accounting of the people and places and events that led to apartheid. Although this book was published before apartheid ended and therefore doesn't contain the latest events of south africa, it is still well worth reading and of the most enjoyable books I've ever read.
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