# A Fork in the Road

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- Book: [A Fork in the Road](https://www.bookquiver.com/andre-brink/a-fork-in-the-road) ([A Fork in the Road.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/andre-brink/a-fork-in-the-road.md))
- Authors: [André Brink](https://www.bookquiver.com/andre-brink)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9952-703-9
- Pages: 464
- Published: 2010-04-01
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

This is André Brink's story of a life lived in tumultuous times. He describes with searing honesty his conflicting experiences of growing up in a world where innocence was always surrounded by violence and storytelling was a means of reconciling the stark contrasts of his world. His time spent in Paris in the 1960s confirmed in him the desire to become a writer but his opposition to the apartheid establishment resulted in years of harassment by the South African secret police; it also led to extraordinary friendships with leaders of the ANC in exile. A Fork in the Road is André Brink's love song to the country where he was born and where, despite recent tragedies, he still lives today.