André Brink, the celebrated South African novelist, died on February 6th at the age of 79. Brink's fiction is credited with reaching out to of Afrikaaners, the controlling white majority under the system of Apartheid, and Brink faced censorship for his depictions of black and white life. Brink's prose flowed rapidly, at times almost at a breathless pace, and he was equally adept at portraying bleakest despair and romantically-imbued hope. Here are twelve words from Brink's writings.
Whether you’re a teacher or a learner,
Vocabulary.com can put you or your class
on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement.