Looking On Darkness

May 14, 2025 11:11 AM

Author:André Brink

Looking On Darkness

Banned for many years in the author's native South Africa, Looking on Darkness tells the story of actor Joseph Malan as he awaits execution for the murder of his white lover. André Brink panders to no one's political, ideological or religious beliefs in a controversial novel which has achieved international significance and abundant critical acclaim.

From three time winner of South Africa's most prestigious literary prize, the CNA Award.

Reviews

A novel of stature that explores our cancerous condition more persistently than any other novel has done before, and without the benefit of an anesthetic

—— Alan Paton

Peter Carey, García Márquez, Alexander Solzhenitsyn: André Brink must be considered with that class of writer

—— The Guardian

Strikingly effective

—— The Times

A brutal, harrowing, desperately sincere piece of writing

—— Sunday Times

Part romance, part mystery, this elegant debut captures the danger - and refuge - of love in Stalin's era

—— Good Housekeeping

Highly readable saga... for serious balletomanes.

—— Independent

Deft exploration of the wondrous and sad inscrutability of the human heart.

—— New York Times

Yan is a keen observer of the cruel and the magical, and has a fine sense of the permeable line between high hilarity and Kafkan nightmare.

—— Waterbridge Review

Masterful

—— Lancashire Evening Post

Masterful novel… Spare, beautifully understated prose…

—— Pam Norfolk , UK Regional Press Syndication

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