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Before I Forget

André Philippus Brink

2005288 pagesabout 4–7 hours
2005
first published
  • 2004Secker & Warburg · 311 pages · ENGISBN 9780436205378
  • 2005W. F. Howes · 485 pages · ENGISBN 9781845057541
  • 2007Sourcebooks, Inc. · ENGISBN 9781402217197
  • 2007Sourcebooks, Incorporated · ENGISBN 9781402231957
  • 2010Sourcebooks, Incorporated · ENGISBN 9781281824639
  • 2007Sourcebooks Landmark · 384 pages · ENGISBN 9781402208669
  • 2005Vintage Books · 288 pages · ENGISBN 9780099477525

Chris Minaar is a distinguished South African writer who has lost his gift for the word. That is, until, he meets Rachel, a woman destined to become the great love of his life, a love greater for being unfulfilled. Before I Forget is the final act of Chris's creative life; it is the coming together of all the chaotic pieces of his existence. It is much more than the story of how he met Rachel; it is the story of his life and his lifetime of loves. There are brief affairs, extended affairs, even a marriage and in all of them we find Chris retelling his joys and pains in such a way that they move us to tears and beyond. Erotic, searingly honest, and a profoundly moving novel, this is the history of a life set against the history of a nation and, more than anything, a tribute to lost lovers and our very ability to love at all.

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