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´Dad und ich liefen nach draußen, um uns den roten Himmel anzuschauen, und da erklärte er mir, daß wir nie mehr zurückgehen könnten. Die Schwarzen würden die Weißen verdrängen und alles, was uns bleiben würde, wäre das hier um uns herum, sagte er und malte einen weiten Bogen in die Luft.´
In dieser Geschichte eines kleinen Jungen wird die verdrehte Logik des südafrikanischen Apartheid-Systems auf subtile Weise an den Pranger gestellt. Ein Buch, das schon heute als Klassiker seines Genres gilt.

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Marnus is terrified he will not fulfil the expectations of his elite Afrikaner family who are certain of their superiority. But when Mr Smith arrives, things start to change, affecting Marnus´s values and everything around him that he he holds dear.

Mark Behr´s debut novel and the recipient of numerous awards including South Africa´s biggest literary prize, the M-Net Award, as well as the Eugene Maris Prize and the CAN Literary Award. In the UK the book was shortlisted for the Steinbeck Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize, and received the Betty Trask Award. In the USA the novel won the Art Seidenbaum Award from the Los Angeles Times.

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An enthralling story... Very powerful. DAILY EXPRESS

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Behr, Mark
Born in Tanzania in 1963, Mark Behr later moved to South Africa with his family. His first novel THE SMELL OF APPLES won several awards and was shortlisted for several more.

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