The Farm
Will be published approx. on 29. October 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-1-946395-22-1 (ISBN)
Description
Eight Hours. Minute by Minute.
Somewhere in South Africa, a farm comes under heavy attack. No shooters in sight. Only one thing is certain: The attackers are savagely resolute. A diverse group of people barricade themselves inside the farmhouse: black and white; women, men, and children; bosses and workers; a police officer; random visitors. Who is the target of the attack? What has motivated it? Politics? Revenge? Greed? Drugs? Weapons? But do the people outside know more than those indoors? The snipers who are trying to operate in the dark of night? Who will die, who will survive? Who is pulling the strings? Who will be the winners, who will be the losers? And how long can eight hours actually be?
Eight hours, minute by minute. Constant changes in perspective, piercing precision. An explosive mixture of psychological thriller and Neo-western with a political subtext.
Somewhere in South Africa, a farm comes under heavy attack. No shooters in sight. Only one thing is certain: The attackers are savagely resolute. A diverse group of people barricade themselves inside the farmhouse: black and white; women, men, and children; bosses and workers; a police officer; random visitors. Who is the target of the attack? What has motivated it? Politics? Revenge? Greed? Drugs? Weapons? But do the people outside know more than those indoors? The snipers who are trying to operate in the dark of night? Who will die, who will survive? Who is pulling the strings? Who will be the winners, who will be the losers? And how long can eight hours actually be?
Eight hours, minute by minute. Constant changes in perspective, piercing precision. An explosive mixture of psychological thriller and Neo-western with a political subtext.
Reviews / Votes
"Annas's writing is crisp and tense, with not a word wasted, as we follow the bitter fight for survival." - Sunday Times (South Africa) "On a remote farm, in what reads like a South African crime novel version of Night of the Living Dead, a diverse group of strangers with little in common are under siege by violent attackers. Those inside must work together not only to survive, but to understand why they're being targeted in the first place." - CrimeReads "Five International Novels You Should Read This September" "A subtle, intelligent crime novel that leads with action and judiciously drip feeds character and meaning into the story along the way."-Crime TimeMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
CA
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 124 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
212 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-946395-22-1 (9781946395221)
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Persons
Before writing novels, Max Annas worked as a journalist and renowned film critic. He lived for many years in South Africa but currently resides in Berlin. His fiction was included in Berlin Noir, edited by Thomas Woertche (published by Akashic Books). The Farm is currently under film production in South Africa.
Rachel Hildebrandt Reynolds, founder of the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI), is the translator of multiple novels from German to English, including Annas' The Wall, which World Literature Today listed as one of the 75 notable translations in 2019.
Rachel Hildebrandt Reynolds, founder of the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI), is the translator of multiple novels from German to English, including Annas' The Wall, which World Literature Today listed as one of the 75 notable translations in 2019.