Novel about South African Jewish mother picks up prestigious Booker Prize ‘The Promise’ by Damon Galgut spans 40 years of recent South African history Andrew Silow-Carroll is the editor-in-chief of JTA JTA — The prestigious Booker Prize for fiction has gone to a South African’s novel about a Jewish woman’s dying wish. Author Damon Galgut picked up the £50,000 ($68,000) prize at a ceremony on Wednesday in London. “The Promise” spans 40 years of recent South African history, and kicks off when the mother of a white farm-owning clan insists that the family’s Black maid inherit the house she lives...
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