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Book Review: 'The Other Side of Silence'

By Alan Cheuse

Published June 2, 2003 at 11:00 PM CDT

Alan Cheuse reviews The Other Side of Silence, by South African writer Andre Brink. Brink tells the story of a poor, young German woman who emigrates to a German colony in southwest Africa just before World War I, where she faces hardship and brutality.

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