Parents everywhere know that you lie to children at your peril: they have a knack for remembering everything, writes Wahbie Long.
12 February 2023 - 00:03A historian once said of humans: “We don’t live long enough to learn from the past.” Even more so if the past is denied, often with tragic, then farcical consequences.
In Damon Galgut’s Booker Prize-winning novel The Promise, Manie Swart promises his dying wife he will give their black domestic worker, Salome, the house in which she lives. His daughter, Amor, is in the room as he gives his word, but when she reminds her father of his undertaking, he denies the episode...You’ve always trusted us to help you navigate the world. Support the Sunday Times by becoming a premium member for only R80 and keep the conversation going. You can cancel anytime.
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