num_pages: 528
description: Mol Benade, her brothers Treppie and Pop, and son Lambert live in a rotting government house, which is the only thing they have, other than decaying appliances that break as soon as they're fixed, remembrances of a happy past that never really existed, and each other-a Faulknerian bond of familial intimacy that ranges from sympathetic to cruel, heartfelt to violently incestuous. In the months preceding South Africa's first free election in 1994, a secret will come to light that threatens to disintegrate and alter the bonds between this deranged quartet forever.
language: English
title: Triomf
titlecomplete: Triomf
genres: Historical, African Literature, South Africa, Novels, Family, Africa, Historical Fiction, Literature, Unfinished, Fiction
ratings_count: 663
places: Triomf
awards: name: CNA Literary Award, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Noma Award for Publishing in Africa
publisher: The Overlook Press